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AN THANK YOU MR Conkers glad you you like itMagnificent!
chris
AN THANK YOU MR Conkers glad you you like itMagnificent!
Wishful thinking JR! .......looks like you have quite a bit of velocity pushing steam up that funnel......are both fans operational or just the 40mm? Rick H.
HI Mick thank you glad you like it an yea im getting there now cheers for you nice commentsMore top work, looks really impressive.
THANKS PaulELove it. PaulE
HI Andy im really glad you like the build an yes it is a bit big an yes its a big blog but this ship build is only about half way an there is a lot more to come on this an i hope you will continue to follow the build as for me this is my last build so im makeing the most of it as gettin to old to build another an thank you for looking inChris!!
Only saw this tonight and i`ve spent quite some time reading up on it all...... although i admit,not EVERY of the 93 pages !!
Cracking stuff indeed Sir,i`m in awe at the sheer size of the thing!!
Top work!!
Andy
HI John yes it is very sad as i am that also but ive had a good run over the last 30yrs or so ive managed to build an HMS TIGER is my 8th ship list belowThat's a shame Chris that this may be the last ship build of this size.
All that skill, very sad .
HI Tim well i just cut it in half so two four an a half ft sections to lift an with jens help it was fairly easy an i bought a new mazda 6 hatchback with a special seatin arrangement so that when i folded the back seats down the front part of the seats all slid forward thats how mazda designed it so that the seat when folded down it was perfectly level an bein a long car had plenty of room so then we just lifted the back end of nimitz an laid it in a small cradle an then we turned the lighter front end upside down an i laid some form over the flat deck an then placed the front end down onto the bottom back seckion as the small S/S LIFTED OFF an so did all the 54 planes an they got placed in special padded boxes so they wont get brokeThat’s quite a tally. How on earth did you move the nine foot Nimitz around Chris?
WELL Tim funny you mention that as i had a freind who was living in cork in ireland a few yrs ago as he was on my other warship foreum an he contacted me as he was also building a big 10ft long carrier an that was USS ENTRERPRISE as she is about 10ft longer than NIMITZ in real lifeCheers Chris, I’m almost disappointed that you didn’t take her around in one piece on a roof rack.....that would have drawn some looks......
HI Richard i am retired an yes i may make some smaller boats but there wont be the intrest for me to make them all work like i have on TIGER an the ones in the above list an yes im tryin to make this the best ship ive ever built but there is a limit to what one can do isnt thereChris, what a novel looking dehumidifier
Its full steam ahead now that your smoke works.
Make this your best as you say its your last large scale ship. Hope you make smaller boats when you retire.
Cheers,
Richard
THANK YOU AndrewChris
Yet again some simply stupendous work.
ATB.
Andrew
HI AGAIN Jim yes the yrs are now not bein kind are they an what with you have been doin lolHi Chris
I keep going back over what you have achieved. Amazing dedication and skills. As John said earlier it is scratch building, research, electronics and real patience.
It is up there with the best builds I've seen. Shame it will be your last but the years roll on. I'm having to consider giving up lion taming and nude bungee jumping due to advancing years
Jim
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