BOATMAN's USS NIMITZ CVN 68 BUILD IN 1/144 SCALE

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An lit up

 

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Now this little unit fits on the port side of the bridge
an its the film cubicale where on the real ship they film all take off's an landing as these are really controlled crashes so if any thing goes wrong they can playback the event to see what went wrong

 

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An fitted to the island bridge unit

 

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The island now has all the side walkways fitted

 

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HERE I think the island is finished an fitted with all its medal's decalls

 

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I'm lost for words...
Pete

 

[boatman]

I'm lost for words...
Pete

Thanks Pete for your intrest an comments

 

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Still being stunned by this Chris .

 

[boatman]

Still being stunned by this Chris .

HI Ralph glad you are an hope you are enjoyin the build an if my tiger comes out like this I shall be very pleased

 

[JR]

WOW , your the Man alright Chris, with a very supportive wife.
Truly a work of love, perhaps the most impressive one I have ever seen.
10 OUT 0F 10.

 

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WOW , your the Man alright Chris, with a very supportive wife.
Truly a work of love, perhaps the most impressive one I have ever seen.
10 OUT 0F 10.

Hi John many thanks for your kind comments an the score an yes my wife jen helps me a lot an as you say she is very supportive an comments like yours John makes me try harder still to better the build as its nice to see others get enjoyment out of lookin at my builds the same as I do when lookin at others on this fantastic forum
more pics to come
chris

 

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HI AGAIN ALL
well just thought you might like to see what control's all the workin features on the R/C system
an its a F14 R/C with up to 9 cha;s on servo's an two turning nobs to work 10 features on k7 an k8 unit's to work al the lights on the ship

 

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A CLOSE UP SHOT OF THE RECEVICER an the DECODER unit that works the K7 an K8 units

 

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AN SORRY if the pics are poor quality but they the only ones I have got
here a lighting test of the runway leds before fitting them in the deck