Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan

[BigGiraffe]

Looking good! You can let us know which is more maddening to build -- All those planes, or all those guns!
Best regards,
Kurt

 

[BOATMAN]

Looking good! You can let us know which is more maddening to build -- All those planes, or all those guns!
Best regards,
Kurt

HI Kurt the planes near sent me round the bend so its them the guns wernt to bad as things go
CHEERS for your question sir an nearly finished her another few months an i can get back to my big 1/32 planes with lights
chrisb

 

[domer94]

YES they were all brave men
chrisb

balls of steel knowing your destination was going to a parachute ride....

 

[BOATMAN]

IYA ALL well just gettin over my period of back trouble like Bri AN done 3 hrs of work on the hornet for the first time in a week or so an im beggining to see light at the end of the tunnel as firstly fitted on some new p/e what P/M gave what a nice chap he is an its not turned out to badly thank goodness

 

[BOATMAN]

AN fitted on ships small boats an not a great fit but i got them on an the crane on starb side

 

[BOATMAN]

well here a port side shot an dont know why but on this side there are 3 ships boats

 

[BOATMAN]

shot of the rear ships 5 inch guns an eletric plug to light her up

 

[BOATMAN]

AN here a overall shot of what she is like so far an now i feel there is light at the end of the tunnel as hopefully she should be finished in a few more months

 

[BOATMAN]

AN TO FINISH OFF TODAY they have given me a spare boat as i cant see it menshioned in the instructions so just a small pic to show it as not worthy of a full size pic

 

[Ron2]

HI GUYS WELL its been a disarster day for me as i knocked over a half a tin of paint onto the bench an i qiuckly soaked it up into the bin but unknown to me it had also soaked through a crack in my bench down onto jens carpet AAAARRRCCCHHH SO PANIC STAITIONS AGAIN TO TRY AN CLEAN UP HER CARPET an after a half an hr of panicning i eventualy got the carpet looking desincent so she wont notice I HOPE !!!! so shush everybody as what she dont know wont hurt her eh as i was painting the main S/S CAMO an here a couple of shots of it from starb an port sides as i nearly made a big mistake of stating to fit the bridge walkways an such on but rememeberd just in time so it will be easyier to paint on the camo just got to hope i have enough left in the tin to finish the s/s an here the port side firstlyView attachment 191584

So now you're painting the carpet monster? Sorry to hear of your mishap. Jen's a gem!

 

[BOATMAN]

So now you're painting the carpet monster? Sorry to hear of your mishap. Jen's a gem!

YES Ron i was panickin like hell to get that paint cleared up as i treid to scoop up some into the tinlet to finish off painting the S/S an yes the carpet monster had a good feed up till i got onto it with the white spirit an managed to get jens carpet clean an yes she is a jem but it would have been different if i had not noticed it an the paint gone hard then i would have had a ear bashin from her but on the whole she is a great wife i must be doin something good for her to stay with me for near 44 yrs of marrige lol
ATB SIR
chris an jen

 

[BOATMAN]

G/M GUYS an gals well yesterday i treid to fit on the hull the flight deck an geuss what it DONT FIT wont pull down levell with the hull top so had to do some cutting with the dremel an diamon cutter an after the whole afternooni think ive managded to get the deck down acceptable so im just gonna have another check today before

 

[BOATMAN]

G/M GUYS an gals well yesterday i treid to fit on the hull the flight deck an geuss what it DONT FIT wont pull down levell with the hull top so had to do some cutting with the dremel an diamon cutter an after the whole afternooni think ive managded to get the deck down acceptable so im just gonna have another check today before

sorry guys got trouble with laptop an cant finish the post so tryin again so gonna have another dry fit today then if im sure the deck is down ok then i will glue it down an gonna be a job to glue as the deck is 4 feet long so will have to glue it a bit at a time an got to make sure its goin on correctly wish me luck all as this is make or break time if i get this wrong then the whole model will be binned oh dear

 

[Ron2]

HI Kurt the planes near sent me round the bend so its them the guns wernt to bad as things go
CHEERS for your question sir an nearly finished her another few months an i can get back to my big 1/32 planes with lights
chrisb

I just ordered a 1/32 bearcat! I've got a wildcat, and hellcat in my stash in 1/32. When I wrap up current projects I'd like to build those three.

 

[BOATMAN]

HI all just an update on how things are goin on the hornet nearly done now as regards the flightdeck i managded to get it glued down ok thank goodness as just a few more parts of P/E to fit TO S/S (IF I CAN) an this ship is so big i can hardly get it in the camera veiwer as if i try an get the whole ship in the detail wont be seen an a pic for you guys that are instrested in her

 

[BOATMAN]

yes a bit more P/E to fit just got to hope i dont get the shakes

 

[BOATMAN]

AN YES the flightdeck lites all work ok as had a close call on fittin the eletric plug as i nearly started to glue down the deck without connecting up the eletrics plug so easy to get ahead of myself

 

[BOATMAN]

AN i also fitted 2x 2mm red led in the bridge for battle lighting but i dint notice that crack on the mounting on the deck so will have to fit in some filler an repaint the grey

 

[BOATMAN]

AN BEFORE i fit on the other small parts on the S/S an the B25 s i have decided just try on the 3 figter planes to proteck the ship in case any enamy planes comin in which case they were goin to push the B25 s over board to give room for the figters to take off to protect the ship an ive chosen 2 wilcat an a dauntless i think it is an these planes will be spotted on the deck in between the B25s

 

[BigGiraffe]

Your little airplanes look wonderful! They blend right in with this remarkable ship model you've nearly finished!
Best regards,
Kurt

 

[BOATMAN]

Your little airplanes look wonderful! They blend right in with this remarkable ship model you've nearly finished!
Best regards,
Kurt

HI Kurt many thanks for your nice comments on my ship an them planes but i would not want to build another the stress factor to build this has been off the scale
ATB SIR
Chrisb

 

[Ron2]

AN BEFORE i fit on the other small parts on the S/S an the B25 s i have decided just try on the 3 figter planes to proteck the ship in case any enamy planes comin in which case they were goin to push the B25 s over board to give room for the figters to take off to protect the ship an ive chosen 2 wilcat an a dauntless i think it is an these planes will be spotted on the deck in between the B25sView attachment 193618

Everything has turned out quite well!

 

[Ron2]

AN BEFORE i fit on the other small parts on the S/S an the B25 s i have decided just try on the 3 figter planes to proteck the ship in case any enamy planes comin in which case they were goin to push the B25 s over board to give room for the figters to take off to protect the ship an ive chosen 2 wilcat an a dauntless i think it is an these planes will be spotted on the deck in between the B25sView attachment 193618

Question for you sir, you've made several comments about getting back to building planes- are you "Boatman" because you build boats or because you were in the Navy? I had thought boats were your specialty.

 

[BOATMAN]

WELL Ron2 yes the ship was reasonablely ok as made in that normal grey plastic but fancy the makers makin them planes kits in glass plastic that was shiny an very difficult to get them to stick togeather an that was even when i had used a bit of smooth sandpaper top rough the edges up to hopefully glue ok but no an its was a great sauce of frustration to see a part just drop off or brake esp the undercart legs as this plastic was an is so brittle an fragile i only mandged to built this kit because im stubbon an wont give up on a kit but i came near to it as over the last 60 odd yrs ive built several planes an ship kit but nothing like this an i dint enjoy the build an yes some would have dumped it in the bin but not me if i can help it an yes as its near built now its lookin good an im pleased with it esp when i get the B25 on it BUT WOULD I BUY THIS KIT AGAIN NO ESP THE COST OF SAID KIT
CHRISB

 

[Ron2]

WELL Ron2 yes the ship was reasonablely ok as made in that normal grey plastic but fancy the makers makin them planes kits in glass plastic that was shiny an very difficult to get them to stick togeather an that was even when i had used a bit of smooth sandpaper top rough the edges up to hopefully glue ok but no an its was a great sauce of frustration to see a part just drop off or brake esp the undercart legs as this plastic was an is so brittle an fragile i only mandged to built this kit because im stubbon an wont give up on a kit but i came near to it as over the last 60 odd yrs ive built several planes an ship kit but nothing like this an i dint enjoy the build an yes some would have dumped it in the bin but not me if i can help it an yes as its near built now its lookin good an im pleased with it esp when i get the B25 on it BUT WOULD I BUY THIS KIT AGAIN NO ESP THE COST OF SAID KIT
CHRISB

I understand your frustration with those tiny planes! I've had a few, luckily styrene and not clear plastic on my last two boat builds. I used my knife to scrape off seems and ejection pin marks but wasn't about to try sanding the tiny little buggers! I had bought a few kits off a lady whose brother had died. Didn't really want most of these kits but they were fairly cheap and I thought I'd be nice and just take the remaining kits she had. Anyway, opened up the box the other day and thought of you!

 

[BOATMAN]

Question for you sir, you've made several comments about getting back to building planes- are you "Boatman" because you build boats or because you were in the Navy? I had thought boats were your specialty.

HI Ron2 sorry for not answering your question straight away but i just had a big plate of steak an kidney pie full meal shoved in front of me by the missus an if i dont eat it straight away she will only keep sayin eat while its hot so dont want to upset her an i will attempt to answer your question now in the next post ok the boatman lol

 

[BOATMAN]

Question for you sir, you've made several comments about getting back to building planes- are you "Boatman" because you build boats or because you were in the Navy? I had thought boats were your specialty.

NOW Ron2 to exsplain how i come to be called boatman well it steems back about 30 yrs ago to when i was in norwich model boat club as most of these guys have passed on now but what happen was i was scratchbuilding big 1/64 scale warships back in them days for R/C to sail on the pond as i had then a big scratchbuilt model of HMS YORK type 42 destroyer an a lot of people said it looks real on the water not bein big headed just a fact of the matter after a 3yrs build

an someone said what we need is an aircraft carrier in a fair size an one guy said well he's a boatman why not ask him to build one an i was knocked back by this as i dint think my models were good enough but they thought they were an i was a decent modeler still talking about this aircraft cairrer i said well i love to se a nice model of the USS NIMITZ in a fair size so they talked me into it

so i did a bit of reseach on NIMITZ as back then i did not have a computer but a freind did so he looked up about the carrier an told me what he found which was not a great deal so i said well id need a set of plans an my freind looked every where but no plans until about a few months an he found a place in washinton that did a set of plans for it but they were small an we asked the seller if its possible to build the ship off his plans an he said it was so he charged me 50 dollars an sent to him an the plans were for enterprise or nimitz so sent the dosh an back came the small plans so i took them in to a shop that did enlargements of anything an i though what scale as if to big a scale id never lift it so off to the model shop to see what planes were avalible in a small scale an i found that in 1/144 scale i could get all the planes by revele that i needed so to cut a long story short we worked it out the ship would be about near 9 feet long so i got the plans done at that scale an scratch built it after 7 yrs an i sailed on norwich pond a lot an it also got took up scotland in a big boat show up there with 400 models attending an my freind took it an came back with a trophy for best visiting model in the show which was a surprise to me an ive still got the trophy so after that i got CALLED BOATMAN WHICH HAS STUCK ALL THESE YRS SORRY TO RUN ON ABOUT THIS BUT THATS WHAT HAPPEN AN SHE GOT MORE TOPHYIES WHEN TOOK TO OTHER SHOWS AS GOT A FEW AN CHUCKED SOME AWAY AS GETTIN CLUTERD UP SO THATS IT
CHRISB

 

[BOATMAN]

AN NO i was not in the navy although my uncle was a aircraft mechnic on enginse during the war on a light carrirrer cant remeber it name so i always liked the warships an navy also i like the big 1/32 aicraft for a rest from ship as they are so complex so aircraft for me is like a holl an i love to light them up ok
chrisb

 

[BOATMAN]

I understand your frustration with those tiny planes! I've had a few, luckily styrene and not clear plastic on my last two boat builds. I used my knife to scrape off seems and ejection pin marks but wasn't about to try sanding the tiny little buggers! I had bought a few kits off a lady whose brother had died. Didn't really want most of these kits but they were fairly cheap and I thought I'd be nice and just take the remaining kits she had. Anyway, opened up the box the other day and thought of you!

WELL Ron how did you get on building them ? an you got a good deal on them
chrisb

 

[Ron2]

WELL Ron how did you get on building them ? an you got a good deal on them
chrisb

I have no need for them yet.