an here ive got a pencil fitted in a block of balsa wood set at the correct height for the W/L an i just pulled the balsa block along the hull to get the pencil mark for W/L on the hull 
Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
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AN done now here im now gointo mask up the hull to spray the red anti foul paint
AN i made up a 14 inch long stand for hornet to sit on out of plywood an thinking afterwards i think i should have made it a bit longer but never mind she sits ok in her stand an this is just a thought but ive made the hull to come off the stand so i think at the moment would be nice to have her in a sea invoroment with a 1/200 destroyer sailing along side her but this is at the moment just a fancible idea an may not get off the ground as ive never done this before as normally my big models do sail in real water so ive never thought of doin it will have to have a look at u tube
more pics tomorrow guys hope you enjoy what ive so far on this build
chrisb
chrisb
Lovely work so far Chris, very nice project, cheers
HI GUYS well the hornet restart is off as today i said id restart to day an i have but not much done as i was up there in model room for 4 hrs an i spent most of my time hunting for parts as I love kits have put each parts on differnt spruses so i spent today a lot of time just lookin for the parts so today ive made up one part with 4 small parts so this is goin to be a slow build an the part ive made up today is part of the REAR S/S an a pic of it as if you look at the instruckions its part B16
Wow Chris, that is a real monster. Really lucky for you to get it and really lucky for us as we get to see it built.
Looks as if you're off to a good start. That's a clever idea with the pencil and the balsa block.
Looks as if you're off to a good start. That's a clever idea with the pencil and the balsa block.
THANKS Jim for your reply
Wow Chris, that is a real monster. Really lucky for you to get it and really lucky for us as we get to see it built.
Looks as if you're off to a good start. That's a clever idea with the pencil and the balsa block
HI Jim yes its all IF' S as IF i hadnt gone back into Hannants to see where my mate paul was an IF i hadnt been grumbillin about not being able to get this kit an IF that chap hadnt heard me an IF he hadnt gone upstairs to check about the kit asked what my problem was i would have gone home with just the two models an been dissappionted an yes she is pretty big not as big as my tiger or my nimitz but then they are a different scales But yes i was lucky to get this kit makes me wonder if the person who ordered it in the first place ever turned up at Hannant if he did bet he was dissapointed thanks Jim for lookin in on the build will be back at it tomorrow when ive found the parts i need lol an yes ive always used the balsa block an pencil idea works very well
ATB SIR
chrisb
Wow Chris, that is a real monster. Really lucky for you to get it and really lucky for us as we get to see it built.
Looks as if you're off to a good start. That's a clever idea with the pencil and the balsa block
HI Jim yes its all IF' S as IF i hadnt gone back into Hannants to see where my mate paul was an IF i hadnt been grumbillin about not being able to get this kit an IF that chap hadnt heard me an IF he hadnt gone upstairs to check about the kit asked what my problem was i would have gone home with just the two models an been dissappionted an yes she is pretty big not as big as my tiger or my nimitz but then they are a different scales But yes i was lucky to get this kit makes me wonder if the person who ordered it in the first place ever turned up at Hannant if he did bet he was dissapointed thanks Jim for lookin in on the build will be back at it tomorrow when ive found the parts i need lol an yes ive always used the balsa block an pencil idea works very well
ATB SIR
chrisb
an here in the hull the female gold connecter to carry power into the hull from the stand 
DRAUGHT markins fitted on 1/200 scale 
HERE testing the 3v 2mm leds ive fitted in to the flight deck 
an thet work ok
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