You will get there mate take a breath and have a cuppa 
Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
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THANKS Bri well im havin a rest today as steve (airborne ) has just sent me a big1/32 scale F16 aircraft so im goin to take it easy today an have a look through the kit an get back to the hornet tomorrow as i be on my own as jen goes over to see her freinds for the day so i will have all day to see if i can get some more p/ e on the ship uhoh lolYou will get there mate take a breath and have a cuppa
chrisb
Not sure I know of anyone who enjoys fitting photo etch Chris. I'm sure it will all turn out well in the end after a break.
AN HI FLYJOE
well i think BOBthe battleship has got the hang of it as ive seen his look brilliant nice an straight an the curves all done proper wish he lived closer as he could give me a few pointers on this p/e but mind you he has been practicing for a fair while so i think he does like p/e as he has just bought the pontos kit for his tirpitz battle ship an i think p/m likes it to as i think he has also bought the 1/200 scale pontos p/e kit wow for his 1/200 bismark
atb sir
chrisb
HI all well ive taken some pics of my p/e work against my better judgement as it will be seen when i post pics of what ive fitted on the ship but first just got to resize the pics from M/B to K/B size then i can post the pics an hear you all groan lol
chrisb
chrisb
HI ALL well here is the build restarted an firstly i bought the 4th head magnifer as over the last 30 odd yrs ive worn up 3 others so this is the 4th one an looks good as got led lights fitted an 3 lots of magnifiers glasses so should be good for a year or two 
WELL HERE we go dont try an look at the p/e railings as they are terrible as this p/e is rubbish as if i try an bend it with them plyiers that p/m bought me the p/e just breaks in half so im goin to leave most of it off the model will try again today to fit some nice straight bit but no curves as my nerves are at breaking point an im not enjoyin building this model so if i leave off the ole p/e hopefully i will get back to enjoying the build
chrisb
chrisb
ANYWAY some pics of the bow an its took me days to get this far 
starboard side
top view
stern view 
stern veiw port side
WELL thats the lot for today an today i will have one more go at this bloomin ole p/e if my nerves will let me from the shakes lol
chrisb
chrisb
Chris, well done for getting that far mate, etch can be very unfriendly. When it has had a couple of days to really harden off you mat be able to carefully straighten some of it.
HI Scottie if i attempt to straighten it the p/e will brake very easy so im not touchin it
HOPE YOU ARE WELL SIR
CHRISB
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