boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[boatman]

[boatman]

[boatman]

[boatman]

AN all the glass bits so plenty to keep me busy an im lookin forward to doin it in a red an grey should jass up the flight deck some an this time i wont worry about a window wiper

[boatman]

WELL HI GUYS well that new airfix kit is crap had a good look at it an its got no detail on this sort of soft plastic light blue it is so im gonna stick that one in the hanger bay bein worked on by the maintanece crews an im gonna use an older chopper with all the detail like rivets an such as this one looks far better an bein sprayed will bring all the detail up if thats the way airfix make their kits now well i wont be buyin them Aaaaaaaaaccccccchhhhhhh
chrisb

[boatman]

SMALL update on the seaking an as i said above i wont use that new airfix kit it will go in the hanger as there is no detail on the fusealage like rivets an such so im goin to use an unknown kit make that i bought for 50p off a car boot sale in a plastic bag an no instruction but ive got them already so no worryies as to me its got a lot more detail than that airfix an this was part built so here goes as this will be just a static model on tigers flight deck parked crossways at an angle just in front of the hanger doors in the all folded up postion

an it will be a qiuck build so not a lot of pics as its again a real dog of a kit as nothing fitted so i have been making it fit so plenty of filein an sandin down an i wanted the main door to work like on the working seaking so ive fitted some 2mm channel for door runners an it works ok open an close so i have a chiose of how it will be on the flight deck was thinkin of fittin an interor light in it but that means more exspensive 22 carat gold pick up so not an option for just one light an here main door closed

[boatman]

NOW here the main door open an its gonna be done in red an grey paint finish an firstly the real thing

[boatman]

HI ALL WELL that chopper was terrible so im not puttint on the build will just show a pic of it finished an my gunfire unit came today so after just finishin that chopper i'll then go back to the gun fire unit an working out how to fit in tiger but it a bit complex as ive got to rework the place where the speaker will be so that will take a while so here is a utube vid of the guns working by the gent who built it for me hopefully it will work on here an the guns an flash every 2 seconds as the real guns were auto

Regards

[boatman]

an here a shot of the gun fire unit an as i said its fairly complex an i have yet to work out how to wire it up

[BattleshipBob]

Nothing to a man of your skills Chris!!

[boatman]

an here a shot of whats inside an again very complex as i havnt got the foggeist what bits are but i think there is a CPU UNIT in it an it wheighs 4 oz's so not as heavy as i thought it would be an he is a real gentleman to make this for me

[BattleshipBob]

What a lucky chap Chrus and a very generous guy!

[boatman]

Nothing to a man of your skills Chris!!

OH YES it is Bob m8 im at a complete loss as how all this works way over my head but cheers Bob m8
chrisb

[boatman]

What a lucky chap Chrus and a very generous guy!

an yes he is a very generous guy! not many ike him in the world apart from the people on here
chrisb

[boatman]

an the wireing diogram that ive got to work from as i understand 90 % of it but the other 10 % im gonna have to ask him to clarifyi it a bit more as i dont want to blow it up when i switch on an this the simple vershion but im still not clear on some bit as i have more wires to connect up that the dio shows havin a think time