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

[boatman]

Now here im building the waist catapult shooter's cockpit which which is situated in the main port walkway

 

[boatman]

Chris,
This is a great lesson in model making keep it up.

Many thanks Scottie an yes I intend to as there are a heck of a lot of pic's to come an building of the aircraft section with nav lights an engins so plenty to look forward too

 

[boatman]

 

[boatman]

A SHOT here of all the walkways I made up this pic should have been with malkin the W/W but I forgot it

 

[boatman]

Now this pic shows the bridel catches cutout guides an the bridel catches are made from an old tv aerial aluminium box section an they are spring loaded so if the ship hits the pond wall it will just bounce off an not damage the carrier

 

[boatman]

an they are fitted in HERE

 

[boatman]

Next I had a brain wave ( don't get many of them but it did happen lol ) but I thought this ship is gonna weigh when built. So I thought I don't want to keep liftin the ship in an out of the water so I fitted a small recoil key ring holder in the bow an one in the stern so I could leave the model in the water an without it floatin away hooked onto lead wheights

 

[boatman]

An it worked out great pull them out an let go of them an the cord flys back into the ship just like a real moorin line

 

[boatman]

An back inside the bow

 

[boatman]

AN these cables are up to a meter long so just right for the job

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Good idea on the mooring and buffers.

 

[boatman]

Nxt building in the stern 1/4 deck

 

[boatman]

here the stern moorin line

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Are you using photo etch for the railings?.

 

[boatman]

here with lights white an battle red

 

[boatman]

 

[boatman]

Good idea on the mooring and buffers.

Are you using photo etch for the railings?.

HI again Ralph thanks for your kind comments on moorin an buffers
AN no Ralph they are thin steel railings from fleetscale models an cheers for your intrest in the model
anyway that will do for today on pics im pooped (phew) more pics tomorrow
chris

 

[Steven000]

Amazing

 

[boatman]

Amazing

Thanks Steven

 

[boatman]

Morning all well it to wet an cold to go out to work on tiger in garage so I thought id put some more build pics on
An started on the bridge an main mast pics an here you can see the shafts an gears what work all 5 radars from one motor to save on power.

The main shaft on the radar gearbox has a 1/4" plastic box section an the main shaft which runs up the mast has a little smaller box section so that it fits inside the main gearbox section so that the whole bridge can be lifted off the deck without any trouble as to fittin it back on again