boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[boatman]

HI GUYS update time on her
an as i hope to have an ESC in her that's water cooled i have fitted in the rear hull bottom two water uptake pipe's that will be connected to a water pump by white plastic tube an here one fitted an one still to be fitted so they can be seen what they are like

[boatman]

now here both fitted in hull

[boatman]

AN now ive done that its time to sweat buckects tryin to fit in the hulls 70 odd brass portholes with there glass all fitted in an i think i done them ok the first 4 in the rear hull section but first drilling the holes an i had to be very carefull with the drill as the hull is thin as paper an could easyly crack so gently does it

[boatman]

an P/H's in

[boatman]

an in case anyone is wondering at the rough appearance of the prop shafts they are still covered in maskin tape so i dont spray over the nice S/S fininsh an i thought id have a little rest from the P/H's an fit in the battle alarm whooper siren an here a shot of the loudspeaker fitted in it soundbox which will be under the deck under the rear funnel as on the front funnel i hope to have a smoke unit fitted in

[boatman]

AN the speaker is a 3inch waterproof mylar speaker an now here a shot of on the top side of the deck the actual sound unit itself an with the small white sockects i can alter with a small screwdriver the speed of the whooopin an the sound tones

[boatman]

an here is how this will look as the whooper sound unit will be under the cover an the plastic smesh will ensure i get maximamin sound out put

[boatman]

well i did that as a rest but then it was back to fittin in the hulls the P/H's an i thought well i just fit the front seckion togeather to see how it looks an if its turning out ok an im pleased to say thumbs up :thumb2:

[boatman]

an here some shots of her an i fitted a big bit of plasticard sheet behind her so it can be seen easyier an she is begining to look something now as im now up to the point of fitting all the W/T doors an detail on the S/S so its now gonna get more intresting for me an also for you guys that are instrested in her

[boatman]

An i want to give her another spray coat of red but the bloomin wheather wont play ball

[boatman]

[boatman]

AN she is so big im now havin a a job to get her in the camera veiwer may have to get my other camera out with the wide angle lens but i think i'll save that for when the ship is whole

[boatman]

an lastly for today a shot of her from the back

[stillp]

You're getting on well with those portholes Chris.
Pete

[Tim Marlow]

This is an awesome build Chris. Just so different to anything else on here. The attention to detail is first rate!