discussion Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan

[boatman]

Coming on nicely Chris

THANKS Scottie for your reply
ATB SIR chrisb

 

[boatman]

That is going to be huge Chris. Where are you gonna keep it. Nice progress.

WELL Steve one of my boaty mates took my 4 big shelves as he is goin to strenghen them an then fit them up on the wall in my model room so the carrier can stand on display on the bottom shelf but only hope he dont lose them shelves as he like me is getting old anyway thanks for your reply sir
ATB SIR Chrisb

 

[boatman]

Considering the scale and not the overall size of the model Chris, I say you are doing a fine job mate. Those aircraft look fiddly and must be small insect sized. Are they from the Ghost Squadron?

AN HI Joe thanks for your kind comments sir an glad you think im doin fine well thats cheered me up yes the planes are very small wing span about 2 an a half inches but the B 25 ARE a decent size an will hopefully be a better fit an yes as you can see right through them they may be the ghost sqr lol cheers sir
chrisb

 

[Jack L]

Excellent work as always Chris! I believe the planes will be easier if you try and thread one half of the fuselage over the port side wing, and then the other over the starboard wing for the halves to then meet in the middle? They look like they should fit that way?

 

[boatman]

Excellent work as always Chris! I believe the planes will be easier if you try and thread one half of the fuselage over the port side wing, and then the other over the starboard wing for the halves to then meet in the middle? They look like they should fit that way?

WOW Jack many thanks i never thought of that i'll give it a go today an see if your idea has merit cheers if it does work then i'll be a happy bunny
cheers sir hope you are well
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chrisb

 

[boatman]

LOOKING at that tiny plane cane anyone tell me what plane it is eg wildcat or hellcat ?
chrisb

 

[Steven000]

can anyone tell me what plane it is eg wildcat or hellcat ?

The wing is located in the middle of the fuselage, so it's a Wildcat. If the wing was at the bottom it would be a hellcat, cheers

 

[boatman]

The wing is located in the middle of the fuselage, so it's a Wildcat. If the wing was at the bottom it would be a hellcat, cheers

HI Steven many thanks for that info as it dont say on my destructions all it gives is a number of the aircraft so it a wildcat then cheers sir very nice of you to reply an ive treid to build it an fit on the undercart an prop an boy what a job that was as ive been spraying it an fitting them them parts since 11 am an just finished an boy i thought p/e was bad but nothing compared to these planes they broke severall times an tryin to reglue them back on the plane well the bin was close an another 16 of them buggers to do AAAARRRGGGGHHHH I THINK i will be a head case by the time i finish them if i do that is
CHEERS MY FREIND
CHRISB

 

[boatman]

WOW Jack many thanks i never thought of that i'll give it a go today an see if your idea has merit cheers if it does work then i'll be a happy bunny
cheers sir hope you are well
ATB
chrisb

AN HI Jack yes you was right regards threading both parts of the fusealarge onto the wings an it meets in the middle why i dint think of this i cant understand but i suppoce its due to when i build the big aircraft i always build the fusalage firstly then the wings to fit on but Jack many thanks as this will save a good bit of modeling time
cheers sir
chrisb

 

[boatman]

WELL GUYS ive been at this plane since 11 am so all afternoon an freinds poped in so i could not fit on the decals today ive treid an fixed the prop as it broke 6 times an i nearly lost it but i must have a stubbon streak in me an the under cart broke 4 times but kept at it but not a bad effort for a first try but must get better an i dint notice that the tail plane is not centrall but will watch out for that in the futer an yes the undercart is a bit high but i think i will leave this off on the next planes an use brass rod an cut off the wheels to fit to the brass rod now some pics of my first attempt on the plane say what you all think if you think its crap then say so but i was fairly pleased but yes room for improvement an you can see how small the plane is compared to my finger

 

[boatman]

 

[Steven000]

You zoomed in quite a lot but at 1/200 scale it's tiny! Hope you'll find a system to manage building them all, goodluck

 

[boatman]

You zoomed in quite a lot but at 1/200 scale it's tiny! Hope you'll find a system to manage building them all, goodluck

HI Steven yes im gonna need the luck an hope im still sane after building these little devils as they are very brittle plastic an near lost it on the prop just as well freinds came an jen called me down as i was gonna fit on the decals so will do that tomorrow an jen wants to go dress shopping tomorrow so i wont have her here to steady my wrist oh dear
ATB SIR
chrisb