boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[boatman]

HI all a few more pics on what's happening on her I have nearly done the crictical hull joint here in the pic you see a bit of plasti card covered in Sellotape an this to stop it gluein in side the hull joint. As this is a spacer so when the hull is built I can remove the bolts an hopefully remove the platicard an it should leave a gap so I can get a hacksaw blade in to cut the hull in half

[scottie3158]

Chris,
This is an interesting build finding out how you deal with the issues that are presented building a big ship.

[boatman]

Glad you enjoyin the build pics Scottie some more now comin on

[boatman]

Nxt pic is I have drilled out the holes for the brass sleves one laid out to be seen then to fit into the H/J an :cold-sweat: I will fit all eight of them into the H/J an here are the bolts as well

[boatman]

All brass sleves fitted an all bolts line up loveyl an they pull out easy so it looks as if its gonna be ok :cold-sweat:

[boatman]

An a shot of the rear side facin the stern with all the butterfly nuts on an now its got to stay like this till its all built into the hull tomorrow hopefully I will sand down the H/J rough edges an get them so they are true then I can cut out the keel slots an the qaudron slots an then onto the keel on the build board.Then it will really start to take shape

[sootysue]

I did wonder how you built your boats in two pieces , now I know . very clever Chris.:thumb2:

[boatman]

I did wonder how you built your boats in two pieces , now I know . very clever Chris.:thumb2:

THANK you sue yes we all have our ways an means just got to hope it all works out as there is so much that can go wrong an I hope you get on ok in the figure G/B I'll be lookin out for your pics
chris

[boatman]

HI guys time for an update on whats happening on the build
well the H/J is comin on here its loosely fitted into the keel to see if it looks right an it does an the keel sits half an inch higher in case the ship should need a keel wheight fitte

[boatman]

[boatman]

[boatman]

full lenght of keel can now be seen how the model will be built

[boatman]

H/J taken out of the keel for now as had to cut in the quadron slots these are 8ft long strips which will be fitted in to the hull frames to give the model strength

[boatman]

Nxt job on the build is trace all the hull frames on to the wood an then cut them all out so no more updates for a while
chris

[Steven000]

Well it sure is huge Christopher, nice work so far :thumb2:
Cheers, Steven