boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[boatman]

ALL of them fitted in place View attachment 408919View attachment 408919

 

[boatman]

ALL FITTED IN

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks like you’re having fun with the funnel Chris....

 

[boatman]

Now starting to cover the outer caseing

 

[boatman]

Looks like you’re having fun with the funnel Chris....

HI Tim yea wow they put me to the test of patience alright but not fun im afraid as i thought the caseing might crack on the front bend so it was gently does it ive been at these since 6am an only just came down for tea an hope you has a nice chritmas
chris

 

[boatman]

HERE the big rear funnell covered an its 8 inches tall an it sitting right near this fans cooling system an all the fans cooling downtake tubes have got to be built around this now i can see the size off it an the funnell is not finished yet as a lot of othe things have got to be fitted on it

 

[Tim Marlow]

Great stuff.

 

[boatman]

NOW here ive also built the smaller front funnell that will take the smoke or steam from the smoke unit an this is still 7inches tall so quite tall funnells on this ship

 

[boatman]

Great stuff.

PLEASED you like it Tim
chris

 

[boatman]

bottom veiw an these funnell will be screwed down onto the s/s

 

[Steven000]

Genius work Chris, very nice
Steven

 

[boatman]

top veiw an the top of these funnells have yet to be built in with covers on top

 

[boatman]

Genius work Chris, very nice
Steven

HI Steven glad you like them as they have had me working on them with my heart in my mouth in case the casing s cracked but i managded to master them
also hope you had a nice christmas
ATB chris

 

[boatman]

AN here you can see the flexible pipe i sent for off ebay that will feed the smoke or steam from the smoke unit an it fits the steradent tube excatly really lucky there in my dream have to listen to them more

 

[Tim Marlow]

Brilliant!

 

[boatman]

an the front funnell will be fitted onto the main s/s later on when ive worked out how to hold the flex tubeing in place so that it drops dead right onto the smoke unit but first a lot of thought is reqiured
happy new year all
chris an jen

 

[boatman]

Brilliant!

OH cheers Tim very nice of you as its been a tryin day as i was worrying in case that outer caseing would split or crack an now i can relaxe on the build untill i come to fitting the front funnell that will smoke an its goin to be keyhole surgy i think in the main bridge s/s oooooohhhhhhhhh think i'll need to take a nerve tablet before i start on that lol
chris

 

[boatman]

AN Just to finsh off todays update here is a piture of my tiger mug that a boaty mate sent me for xmas front an back
chris

 

[boatman]

an back

 

[BattleshipBob]

Lovely work Chris 6 am, my god thats too early for me lol

Do not tell me you made the mug lol