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Hi Chris this has moved on a lot since I last saw it, terrific work as always.
Hope you and the good lady are well.
Pete.
Hope you and the good lady are well.
Pete.
boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build
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AN hi Bob while havin your morning coffee im glad you enjoyed lookin through all 40 pages I hope I dint bore you to much but the build needs every pic to as you say give a pictorial timeline to tell most of the story of the build an you say it isn't even half done well im afraid its worst than that its not even a third done an this build will still be goin 3yrs or so from now as there is an awfull lot to this ship an ive hardly touched apon the electronics that's goin into her when I start .
An exscuse me for not knowin but who is freaking Martha Stewart ? as I led a rather sheltered life lol an yes this build like all my others is a labour of love as I love to see a warship on the water as they look so powerfull an that rings my bell an floats my boat ( pun intened lol) ANYWAY hope to see you on here again ATB
chris
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An hello Pete nice to see you on here also yes the build is comin on GOOD but I just wish an i'll be glad when I can say ive finished building this hull as im still at it had a little break from it to build a bit of the bridge S/S but now back to that hull as warm whether is here an yes jen an I are ok as we hope you an your SWMBO are ok ATB Chris
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An HI ALL again another small update on whats happening on the build well now the warm wheather is here ive took her out to the garage to spray her in grey primer to show all the little holes an cracks where ive gluded the main deck to the hull an boy o boy there are a lot but I cant do any fillin until a tube of humbroll filler turns up by the postie so a couple of shots of the stern seckion all sprayed up 
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different angle shot thank goodness the holes an cracks are too small to be seen but I can see them an it just wont do they have got to be filled so the hull is nr as heck up to a decent standard 
A ting'a'beauty. PaulE
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AN in the next pic I have just sprayed the grey primer onto the bow section an again there are loads of tiny holes an cracks where the front deck has been glued to the hull so more fillin just got to hope the filler turns up an here both section are sorry the pic not great dint think about the light comin in through the windows 
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LOL....... https://www.marthastewart.com/
Maybe she hasn't made it across the big pond. She is a literal guru (thus the term freaking) and has a finger in everything home from cooking, gardening, decorating, crafts and pretty much anything else you you can think of and she does it well.
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The monster grows. That is pretty amazing work Chris.
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CHEERS PaulE HOPE you wont be off your railway for too long as I enjoyed lookin at that
chris
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HI Paul again nice to hear from you an yes its getting there ( bet i'll have bloody great long white berd by the time I finish this ship lol
) an I see somthing up about your panzer will have to have a lookATB Chris
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OK Bob i'll take your word for it as ive never heard of her many thanks for enlighting me something eles ive learned today cheers
ATB chris
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HI Peter an again its nice to see you on this thread an yes the monster is growin every time I fit something on her just got to hope she doesn't get out of hand lol
an I hope you an your daughter are feelin better thanks for stoppingChris
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An these came by postie today they are the led's that will be fitted in the hanger bays to light them up with the seaking choppers in their storage state that means folded main an tail rotars an crew men workin on them anyway the led are 18 x 2mm on the strip 
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AN here they are lit up an they are powered by 9v an the plug will be cut off 
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an powered by this unit below its suppoce to fit in a cars cigar lighter socket but this will be all cut down to a smaller size an its a 12v unit supplyin power from 12v right down through the range to 1.3v so if the leds are too bright I can adjust the power by turning the yellow dail down to say 6v an if still to bright a lower voltage until im happy with the amount of light bein shown in the bays
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wow Chris this is huge well done on it so far looking good with the primer
glad its you doing the lighting ,something I,m not have a good understanding in with
sorry so late into this one,like 40 pages ,keep up the good work,
glad its you doing the lighting ,something I,m not have a good understanding in with
sorry so late into this one,like 40 pages ,keep up the good work,
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Wow Chris, that's looking great in the primer
Really hard to tell that's all hand made, very nice work mate!
Have fun & stay safe
Steven
HI Steven an nice to see you as well yes all hand made an I feel as though ive been on it forever sandin an filling then holding the hulls up to the light to see any holes or dimples in the hull ive missed that's need sandin an im still not finished as ive still got about a zillion tiny micro holes to fill when the filler comes as I aint got none so postie hurry upWow Chris, that's looking great in the primer
Really hard to tell that's all hand made, very nice work mate!
Have fun & stay safe
Steven
ATB Chris