boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[boatman]

Bet you said a few choice words Chris, mind Jen was right , lets just repair it. It' s not the end of the world, but it might have felt like that at the time.

Hope to see the repair soon.

YES John the ole air was blue an i was about to have a sreamin fit at myself for bein so clumsy an yes we got it repaired but took a long time an it did seem like the end of the world as ive been so carefull handeiling these masts but well it had to happen sooner or later but was i angry at myself boy oh boy
thanks John for stoppin
chris jen

[monica]

oh no don,t you just hate that happening so silly to say i know well you do know you did a good job of the heat shrink so glad
that you got it fix and sorted and Jen was there as well to keep you nine and cram with a nice cuppa to sit back and sort it in your head 1st

[outrunner]

Looking better with every picture Chris.

Andy.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice recovery Chris. Pity about the damage, but it’s sorted out now so move on to the next bit…..

[tr1ckey66]

Accidents will (and do) happen Chris. I feel for ya, as I’ve been there many, many times. Thankfully this little mishap is behind you now.
Looking good
Paul

[Mickc1440]

More great work, glad you could salvage it

[adt70hk]

What Mick said.....9 hours is a marathon session by any standards..... Very well rescued.

ATB

Andrew

[boatman]

oh no don,t you just hate that happening so silly to say i know well you do know you did a good job of the heat shrink so glad
that you got it fix and sorted and Jen was there as well to keep you nine and cram with a nice cuppa to sit back and sort it in your head 1st

HI Moni yes i was very angry with myself for doin that as ive been handling this mast for months on end trying it on an off to make sure that what ever i fitted on this mast all worked an yes it all did but i was fitting on the radar scanners which were the very last thing to be fitted an then i could say its fininshed but when i broke that pin well for two pins i was so angry at myself i could have jumped out the window lol as there is loads of hrs of work in this mast to be defeated on the last bits was near too much for me as i could not believe it at first but thanks to jen calmin me down Oooooohhhhhhh
but its all ok now an all working again an yes jen bought me up a cuppa an biccies
ATB Moni
chris an jen

[boatman]

Looking better with every picture Chris.

Andy.

CHEERS Andy got some more pics to fit on in a while tonight
chris

[boatman]

Nice recovery Chris. Pity about the damage, but it’s sorted out now so move on to the next bit…..

HI Tim yes i have but it was touch an go at the time
cheers for lookin in
chris

[boatman]

Accidents will (and do) happen Chris. I feel for ya, as I’ve been there many, many times. Thankfully this little mishap is behind you now.
Looking good
Paul

AN HI TO YOU ALSO Paul yes they do but to be on the last bits to be fitted was just to much for me an ive now got less hair than i did have a few days ago lol
chris

[JR]

Glad its saved Chris, think we have all been there, but this has taken you so long to build it makes it seem worse.

[boatman]

More great work, glad you could salvage it

HI Mick well what with all the money it cost to build an all the gears an shafts in it i dint have any choise it HAD TO BE REPAIRED as i could not build another far to complex that mast is
chris

[boatman]

Glad its saved Chris, think we have all been there, but this has taken you so long to build it makes it seem worse.

YES John you have hit the nail on the head it was a heck of a lot of work in tryin to make the mast an get it all to work an thats what takes all the time an effort
boy oh boy could'nt build it again as this was a one off
chris

[boatman]

What Mick said.....9 hours is a marathon session by any standards..... Very well rescued.

ATB

Andrew

AN HI Andrew yes it was 9 hrs of blood sweat an tears very nr as at time when we was trying to repair the eletrics i could not get the 2mm allen key into the hole as it had paint in it an jen was holding the mast so i could work on it but my helmet magnifeier kept steamin up as we had masks on i was usein some realeasing agent on them allen screws an for what seemsed like ages i could not move them an jen had a great idea leave it a while with wd40 on an have a cuppa an after a while we got it so they would relase but a near thing as if i could not get the gears to lossen up then i could not get out the main drive shaft an i had one idea of a quick fix that i was goin to do an that was just drill chain drill out the plug but as jen said to me what if you drill into a live wire then i could have shortout on my hands an blow all the leds .So no had to go the hard way to get it repaired an 9 hrs worth well it was worth it to get it all goin ok but would not want to go through that again WOW what a day an to cap it all it was the 13th
chris