boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[stillp]

Pleased to hear that Chris!
The video is a new one on me, never heard of that before. Some people might be put off by it but I think I'd like it. I once had a dentist who had a large monitor screen above the chair so he could show children cartoons to distract them from what he was doing. I mentioned that I'd rather know what he was doing and he clipped a tiny camera to his glasses and piped that through the monitor so I could watch him digging about in my mouth!
Pete

[boatman]

Pleased to hear that Chris!
The video is a new one on me, never heard of that before. Some people might be put off by it but I think I'd like it. I once had a dentist who had a large monitor screen above the chair so he could show children cartoons to distract them from what he was doing. I mentioned that I'd rather know what he was doing and he clipped a tiny camera to his glasses and piped that through the monitor so I could watch him digging about in my mouth!
Pete

WOW Pete you sound if you a glutton for punishment whatchin the denstist doin his thing i dread goin there an yes the nurses have a portable dvd player like ive got an its runs off batts an they put a disk in to show what the op all entaills an its makes it a load off your mind as thats the thing with op's not knowing whats goin to happen is'nt it have a happy boxing day an dont eat too an drink to much
ATB
CHRIS AN JEN

[Tim Marlow]

Pleased to hear that Chris!
The video is a new one on me, never heard of that before. Some people might be put off by it but I think I'd like it. I once had a dentist who had a large monitor screen above the chair so he could show children cartoons to distract them from what he was doing. I mentioned that I'd rather know what he was doing and he clipped a tiny camera to his glasses and piped that through the monitor so I could watch him digging about in my mouth!
Pete

I know exactly what you mean Pete. I got told off in no uncertain terms by the nurses when our daughter was born by caesarian section because I asked if I could watch.

[Tim Marlow]

WOW Pete you sound if you a glutton for punishment whatchin the denstist doin his thing i dread goin there an yes the nurses have a portable dvd player like ive got an its runs off batts an they put a disk in to show what the op all entaills an its makes it a load off your mind as thats the thing with op's not knowing whats goin to happen is'nt it have a happy boxing day an dont eat too an drink to much
ATB
CHRIS AN JEN

Glad it went well Chris. You’ll soon be back to normal.

[boatman]

Glad it went well Chris. You’ll soon be back to normal.

CHEERS Tim yes i'll be glad to get back on tiger as sitting here watching the junk on telly is sending me off to sleep an just thinking of tiger is makin my hands twich lol
ATB Tim for a nice new year
Chris an jen

[GerryW]

Just had a 'post- Christmas' catch-up - going great, glad that the op went well.

[Tim Marlow]

How’s the eye doing Chris?

[boatman]

Just had a 'post- Christmas' catch-up - going great, glad that the op went well.

THANKS Gerry an glad you like what you see on tiger build cant wait to get back on tiger as im goin out of my mind with boredom so hope to do a little on her nxt wk as that will be over two wks since op but i will have my eye patch on an safty glasses the wrap round type to protect my eye as no cutting or anything all i will be doing is just studying what need s doin next an looking for any mistakes in what ive done so far in the stern section as all the bow section eletrics work ok so im pleased there SO ONWARDS AN UP
ATB TO YOU AN YOURS Gerry for the new year
chris an jen

[Jim R]

Hi Chris
Glad things are going ok. Just take things easy, do as Jen and the docs say and plan what's next in this amazing build.
Jim

[boatman]

How’s the eye doing Chris?

AN HI Tim happy new year to you an lets hope better than last though i doubt it will be better but got to look on the bright side of life havnt we an my eye is ok when i close my right eye an look through my left eye i can now read tiny 1mm high writeing an when i look out of the window it nice to see its all clear an sharp an the coluors stand out sharp brilliant surgeon he was who did my eye an he said i did very well an the nures were great an held my hand during op as they do this on everyone so i can sqezze her hand if i have a prob an she was very young an pretty OH to be young again Ooooooohhhhhhhh
so yes its ok Tim but jen is my nurse now as she has got to put in my eye drops two lots three times a day an they sting a bit but nothing that cant be put up with an im now glad its over now for the other eye they say a tiny caterack is forming on it but hope that wont be for a couple of yrs or so as i can still see ok
BUT sorry to ramble on but its about all i can do to brake the boredom an Tim MANY THANKS for asking
cheers
ATB chris an jen

[boatman]

Hi Chris
Glad things are going ok. Just take things easy, do as Jen and the docs say and plan what's next in this amazing build.
Jim

thanks Jim yes planning ahead is a must in this build an at the moment im now reworking all them 44 wires that go back into the stern section as i may not use them all but better to have some spares than not enough like what happend in my norfolk as i ran out of wires so had to put in a bigger plug in hull jiont with more wires an that sorted it ok an as been seen she works an sails ok so a big lesson learnt there but never had that problem before in my other ships but then they say a first time for everything dont they. So wireing is goin to keep me busy for several wks an i will be in heaven as i love my wireing as to me its a real challangen to get things working well i'll leave it there for as there is so much to do that id fill this whole page up if i said about everything i want to do an i will be havein fun
ATB chris

[boatman]

PART 2 OF HMS TIGER C 20 BUILD
HI ALL well TIGER build is back on now my eye op is over an healing up so im still gonna take it easy but the build is now happening
an below a pic of them 44 wires that i reworked in hull jiont D-CONNECTERS PLUGS an wires as the ones i fitted just before my eye op an these are stronger wires so they will not fail like the others did but jen has been helping me to solder the new wires in place

[boatman]

NEXT PIC while jen was soldeing 3 wires in place i thought id just pop downstairs an have forty winks to rest my eye well when i came back up to the man cave jen had done the wirein an also tidyied up all my tools an such an NOW i cant find nothing lol BUT good for her as it needed doin NOW WILL I BE A CONTENDER
FOR THE TBC ?
chris

[outrunner]

Great to see you getting back to work on the Tiger Chris.

Andy.

[boatman]

SO NEXT pic will jump wireing for a bit an give jen a rest from wireing so i thought what can i do that wont strain my eye so i thought right its about time i fitted in the whooper battle alarm siren sound system as its nice an easy to fit as i built all this in to be fitted in months ago so here is the 12v sound unit an 12v speaker an it box just laid out ready to be fitted in