discussion BOATMANS USS ENTERPRIE CVN 65 in 1/350 SCALE WITH LIGHTS

[boatman]

AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH JOHN why does she have to keep vistin me why not a newbie as plenty on here an i bet her bloomin big needles are still blunt ive only just got back to bein able to sit down lol so look out newbies she is on her way on her bone shaker of a motor bike an side car where she carries her big needles
from 1910 an i thought she was dead by now an i was safe lol oh dear dear me AN dont worry newbies shes a tender old dear but be warned she built like a gorlia an can tie you in knots in seconds she used to be a female member on active duty for the SAS lol
from an unknown memeber

 

[minitnkr]

....the 'Matron' lives on forever in her clones......

 

[boatman]

....the 'Matron' lives on forever in her clones......

YES PaulE I THINK J/R has his own defliperator an when she dies he brings her back to life frankenstern like to carry on to frighten me but he will have to get her another target now PaulE so are you vollentering lol if not perhaps pete (stilp) will ? lol or a newbie ?
an unknown memeber

 

[peter.collins443]

HI Pete the third hangar door two are open here but there is a third hanger door forward should i cut it out or leave it what do you think guys now pete do you see what i mean View attachment 1295004

personal preference would be to have it open.

Peter Collins

 

[boatman]

personal preference would be to have it open.

Peter Collins

WOW Peter well thanks for your reply cheers sir but ive got two members saying leave the hanger door closed so thats what im goin to do as i can have some planes in the hanger bay in the two open ones as i dont want to think about havin it open again due i'll be in two minds again but many thanks for your thoughts on the subject sir
ATB SIR
chrisb

 

[boatman]

 

[boatman]

fitting on the black boot water line an ive got to repaint the red primer as i dint sand it enough from that shiny hull an when i took off the tape it pulled off the paint as well so thats for tomorrow

 

[boatman]

 

[boatman]

an hanger bay soon be ready to fit in as for now its just laid in

 

[flyjoe180]

Coming to life Chris, shame about the paint lifting. But an easy fix I am sure.

 

[boatman]

Coming to life Chris, shame about the paint lifting. But an easy fix I am sure.

THANKS Joe yes i hope it is a easy fix but to be on the safe side im goin to mask up all the hull an black boot line an the sand down them parts where the paint lifted an respray the complete hull an then see what happem
CHEERS for lookin in sir
chrisb

 

[Strenko J]

looking good Chris

 

[boatman]

looking good Chris

Thanks Strenko yes hope it will look good if only i can get this hull painted up ok as the hull itself is very shiney an some paint has pulled off on the masking tape only a few small bit but its got to be right so ive resanded the bad bit down an resprayed the hull an today ive got to do more teteius sanding down on the superstructer so i can then spray the upper hull (sigh )
an thanks for looking in sir
ATB chrisb

 

[boatman]

hi guys an gals
Well ive managded to do more a lot more masking on this hull as its eating up the masking tape by the meter as thats hull lenght an maskin up i only hope it dont pull more paint off as im fed up masking up

 

[boatman]

well ive resprayed the red primer again an then grey no 64 matt light grey on the hull its self as there are so many angles dreding tape removeble

 

[boatman]

AN its eating up the low tack tape metres at a time but got to get this right

 

[boatman]

AN THIS big girl must have been a night mare to spray in real life as she is 1000- 98 feet long bet they dint use hairy sticks lol

 

[boatman]

AN I JUST had enough grey spray paint to finish the hull but there are loads more parts that have to be sprayed that grey but not to worry as ive got 5 more spray tins on order when they come that is as ebay is askin for feed back but they wont get it till i get my paint
chrisb

 

[John Race]

She will look good, Chris. A lot of hard work, as you can see.

 

[boatman]

She will look good, Chris. A lot of hard work, as you can see.

YES John im getting fed up with masking but got to be done an when i think about it ive still got to mask up all the markings on the flightdeck an that about 3 times the amount that ive done so far PHEW
Chrisb