AN i may fit a bit of cardboard up close to the hull to look like the sea
chrisb
chrisb
Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
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Glad you got that shelf sorted Chris. Hornet is looking great.
That's looking superb Chris, luv the camo
Glad the new shelves are sorted. Good idea of Paul's. Those little planes have really tested your skills and patience but they're looking good now.
Very nice Chris. Before I saw the photos I was thinking you were going to put the ship upside-down!
Pete
Pete
Well done Chris 
YES flyjoe im pleased now i can push on building them planes as jen has been in my model room an tidyied it all up an we cleared out quite a bit of junk
cheers joe for your reply
chrisb
CHEERS ALL now starting back on the planes tomorrowWell done Chris
chrisb an jen
YES HI Pete yea i could all ways say she sailing in austraila lol
chrisb an jen
HI GUYS well im now starting to spray paint the planes but this ole clear plastic wont let the glue take to it as ive just lost 2 undercarts on two planes to the carpet monster as they have just fallen off the planes this ole clear plastic is crap to glue to oh dear an one under cart bein so fragile has broken so thats three planes i will have to have in the hangars bein worked on by the maint crews
i must say im not enjoyin building these tiny planes at all hope the bigger B25 build better
chrisb
i must say im not enjoyin building these tiny planes at all hope the bigger B25 build better
chrisb
Are they not styrene Chris? They won't be carrying any weight so PVA might work. Or CA glue them.
HI FLYJOE im not sure what kind of plastic they are made of but now to late as the carpet monster has gotten to undercarts an i cant find them an while i was sraying them another wheel leg came off what crap they are an i did c/a them
If you have an elevator recessed, put the broken ones on that, no-one will ever see the missing landing gears.
HI FLYJOE cant have a elevator recessed as they must all be up as the B25 are takin off on the dolittle raid but many thanks for you suggetion an these plane will be in the hangar anyway so i will have them look like they are havin maintinece on them by the ground crew cheers sir
WELL first pic today is of a little devil that has snuck into my model room after jen bought me up a cuppa an here she is its lilley as she was thinking hmm i could use this to lay on an stretch out untill i see her an snapped a pic after i shouted at her to get off lol
an im still working on these damm tiny plane trying to fit the decals on an i lost one an just as i got it on the wing i sneezed an blew the decal away AAACCCHHHRRRRRR just dont seem to have much luck on this ship an planes worst model ive built anyway dropped another decal in the water an the damm things keep curlin over but i managed to uncurl them an fit on 
AN on this crap plane i could not see that the tail planes are not level due to it bein made in glass an gettin eye strain but after this one i packed up in disscuss thank goodness they will be in the hangar where they cant be seen much 
HI GUYS well i snapped off that bad tail plane gently an refitted an it now looks ok thank goodness as out of 17 planes so far ive had 2 props shatter so thats 2 planes down when cuting them off the spruce why oh why they need to hold them on that hard as thee points to cut before the prop is lose an such brittle plastic i cant fathom anyway today i hope to finish these little buggers an fit them in the hangar bay when i can an darent cut the wings to have some fold up as i said as the clear plastic is brittle an i dint want to damage the wings so hope fully a line up of these little buggers on the flight deck tonight HOPEFULLY
Chrisb
Chrisb
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