Hi Chris, you are going great guns, that would of being hard to line up on the hull, much the same the other side, made out of styrene plastic. keep the good work up Tony
boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build
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HI Tony not sure what you are on about please could you repeat your post a bit clearer ?
chris
Hi Chris , sorry should of added the pic , what I was talking about the add on you scratch built by the look of it I think to do with the landing pad for the choppers ., if I am correct the port side .well done Tony, be much the same on the starboard side . TONY.
HI Tony the above pic is my NIMITZ aircraft carrier with its 4 rudders not Tiger an yes Tony if i get what you mean they have all got to be the same or the ship would not sail propberly but on tiger its just got one big massive rudder an all the props sharfts are the same measurements so she dont crab sail
an cheers for havin a lookin an hope your eye is feelin better
ATB chris
an cheers for havin a lookin an hope your eye is feelin better
ATB chris
Hi Chris, thanks didn't think that was the Tiger as you say the Tiger has a different stern shape for the the flight deck, understand what you are saying about hull balance on curriers . My ships captain said the Jutlandia Sea rides well in rough seas , she has two hull wings , possible two sets , have started detailing the outer console . How are you going see you are slowing coming out of lockdown . Tony.
HI Tony glad you understand about the tiger an an yes we are slowly comin out of lockdown but for how long before we are back in thats what im worryin about an i havnt done much on tiger as it was so nice to see the sun i sat out in it an just read a book but today i hope to get tiger ready for sprayin
ATB chris ps have you done anymore on your bridge ?
HELLO CHAPS another update on whats happening on her an ive finalley got to the hull painting stage an here im now trying to mark on the hull the centre line for the water line an it will give me some guidence of how far the grey pant will have to come down the hull an ive made up a gadget out of balsa wood with a pencil stickin through it so i can just pull it along the hull an give me a straight line but it was not great so had to mark out some bits by hand as its all the hull curves are very awkward to get a straight line on an i fitted on the top a spirit level so the lines will be the same height each side an well i think i mandged it in the end but this took bloomin hrs to do due to size but i love a challnge
here ive drawn on the line an now firstly fitted qauter of an inch tamyia maskin tape an then normall maskin tape on top tape on top to tape the news paper in place to keep from sprayin grey onto the red hull bottom 
an now for the strb side an pics may be slow loading as ive resised them down to kbs but im havin a bit of pc troulble as its running very slow an here on the starboard side yet again the tamyia tape on
an now for the strb side an pics may be slow loading as ive resised them down to kbs but im havin a bit of pc troulble as its running very slow an here on the starboard side yet again the tamyia tape on
an now for the strb side an pics may be slow loading as ive resised them down to kbs but im havin a bit of pc troulble as its running very slow an here on the starboard side yet again the tamyia tape on
well sorry about that guys as ive double pics loaded but this pc is really playin up
anyway next pics ive covered all the bottom with newspaper to protect the red paint
anyway next pics ive covered all the bottom with newspaper to protect the red paint
OH its happened again bloody pc ive got a big hammer layin besides you Aaaagghh an here now ive sprayed the matt light grey an i feel now as im gettin somewhere on her 
HOORAY ive got it down to one pic on site an here all paper has been removed
an its come out reasonable but now ive got to let the paint harden for a day or so then it will be the really hard part of tryin to paint on the black water line strip so its back to the garage to do more markin out for that an then maskin up again oh i'll be bloomin glad when i get this done as its still fairly cold wheather an im lucky to be able to spray paint at all so fingers crossed i can do this black line an get it to come out out ok
chris
an its come out reasonable but now ive got to let the paint harden for a day or so then it will be the really hard part of tryin to paint on the black water line strip so its back to the garage to do more markin out for that an then maskin up again oh i'll be bloomin glad when i get this done as its still fairly cold wheather an im lucky to be able to spray paint at all so fingers crossed i can do this black line an get it to come out out ok
chris
HI Gerry well with these big models you cant be sure that its the right place as remember you can scale build the model but you cant scale the water as that what the real ship floats in so ive done what i always do on my other builds an measured out the centre of the black water line from the plans an hope that its not to far out as its a big hull so plenty of boyuncy an when she in the test tank then i'll find out wheather she is sitting to high so more ballest or if to low then ive got to lighten her an she has to pass all the tests of leaks in the hull an then the anti- roll test as well so a lot still to do
but thanks for your intrest
chris
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Chris, great to see her with some paint on. Still cool in the mornings so must be a afternoon job.
Impressive marking out by the way.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:
Impressive marking out by the way.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:
OH TA very much Jerry very nice of you but the batts are quite heavy an ive got plenty of lead should i need it but i hope not as its still got all the S/S to be fitted on her so thats more wheight but like i said there is still a lot that can go wrong i havnt been defeated yet on all my models but theres always a first time is'nt there so will have to wait an see what happens when she gets her bum wet
chris
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