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[frogman3]

Hi Chris,
Nice to see Tiger all together, it’s coming along very well 

AN HI Dave cheers for your nice comments also an ive been enjoyin lookin at your burke an that nice work as well
ATB chris

[Chris Preston]

Hi Chris,


Hope you and yours are doing well and surviving COVID. Yes - I'm getting some modelling done. I'm currently working on a 96th scale USS ARIZONA, a 24th scale BPB Co. 71' 6" MTB (RCN) and a 16th scale Sherman Firefly Mk Ic (Hybrid), using Tamiya's kit as a starting point (with lots of after-market for the conversion). All are for R/C. I'm also working on Airfix's new 48th scale Spitfire Mk I, and recently completed Tamiya's 1990's kit of the Spitfire Mk I, so - keeping busy modelling-wise.


Stay safe.


Cheers,


Chris

[frogman3]

Hi Chris,


Hope you and yours are doing well and surviving COVID. Yes - I'm getting some modelling done. I'm currently working on a 96th scale USS ARIZONA, a 24th scale BPB Co. 71' 6" MTB (RCN) and a 16th scale Sherman Firefly Mk Ic (Hybrid), using Tamiya's kit as a starting point (with lots of after-market for the conversion). All are for R/C. I'm also working on Airfix's new 48th scale Spitfire Mk I, and recently completed Tamiya's 1990's kit of the Spitfire Mk I, so - keeping busy modelling-wise.


Stay safe.


Cheers,


Chris

HI Again Chris lovely to hear from you again an all that modeling are you putting any thing on here as i havnt seen anything
chris

[Chris Preston]

Hi Chris,


Haven't made enough progress on the ARIZONA to post photos, and in any event, I still have to figure out how to transfer the photos from my computer to this site (and I don't have a 12 year old IT specialist at home to help with that). So............once I 've made some progress on both I'll be posting photos.


Hope you're doing well.


Cheers,


Chris

[frogman3]

Hi Chris,


Haven't made enough progress on the ARIZONA to post photos, and in any event, I still have to figure out how to transfer the photos from my computer to this site (and I don't have a 12 year old IT specialist at home to help with that). So............once I 've made some progress on both I'll be posting photos.


Hope you're doing well.


Cheers,


Chris

HI AGAIN Chris if you are havin trouble puttin pics on this site jion the free image hostin site im on IMGBB AS IM RUBBISH ON PC's but i can upload the pics  from my pc to IMGBB an then load the image codes onto here as thats better than none at all then the guys just have to hit the link an up comes the pics from IMGBB an its a very easy to work site an if you want to do it like i do an have probs than ask me an i'll try an help you the best i can
chris

[frogman3]

HI ALL this is a two part update on her an now i feel as if im getting somewhere on her an here i made up a gadget  to give me a straight water line on the hull but it dint work great so had to go by the ole mark one eyeball
https://ibb.co/LPXH0KH

[frogman3]

tamyia maskin tape on the hull an it was a heck of a job to get it reasonabley
right but i think its now ok
https://ibb.co/58btqrq

[frogman3]

red anti fowl paint covered up with newspaper so it will be kept clean when i spray the grey hull top colour 
https://ibb.co/BTZpvLy

[frogman3]

an the top grey all sprayed up on the hull
https://ibb.co/5vyT5pT

[frogman3]

now news paper removed an thank goodness it came up ok as this last pic for today but will post a few more over the next few day of the black water line bein painted
https://ibb.co/jDGCndw

[Capt Podge]

Great to see the hull in paint Chris - hope your boot topping goes just as well 


Ray.

[Chris Preston]

Excellent work Chris - looks great. Looking forward to seeing photos of her on the water.


Cheers,


Chris,
Victoria, BC
Canada

[RST]

I was always taught not to use newspaper in contact with the painted surface below because the ink can bleed through but fair enough -it looks grand!

[frogman3]

Great to see the hull in paint Chris - hope your boot topping goes just as well 


Ray.

HI Ray cheers for your good wishes on boot toppin as im painting that today an yea i feel as though im makin progress on this hull would have loved a F/G hull in 1/72 scale but they dont do one which would have saved a lot of work but onwards an upwards
ATB CHRIS

[frogman3]

Excellent work Chris - looks great. Looking forward to seeing photos of her on the water.


Cheers,


Chris,
Victoria, BC
Canada

AN HI Chris an thank you for your nice comments an on the water well can you wait about another 3yrs or so lol
an hope you are well ps have you found out yet how to post pics on here ?
chris

[frogman3]

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  HI RST YEA ive heard people say that about news print in comin through onto the paint work but in all my ships ive built ive never had that happen so i carry on
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[kevin547n]

lovely to catch up on your build, boy its come on a long way, fantastic work




had a giggle when i saw your 9th March post and saw the wooden deadeyes under the led lighting, i thought to myself, one day you will be looking for them

[frogman3]

lovely to catch up on your build, boy its come on a long way, fantastic work




had a giggle when i saw your 9th March post and saw the wooden deadeyes under the led lighting, i thought to myself, one day you will be looking for them

HI Kevin glad you like the build yea she has come a long way an still got further to go but today beginging to paint her black W/L so i'll see how that turns out an what was the woodendeyes ?
ATB chris

[kevin547n]

HI Kevin glad you like the build yea she has come a long way an still got further to go but today beginging to paint her black W/L so i'll see how that turns out an what was the woodendeyes ?
ATB chris

you used some of these

[frogman3]

you used some of these


OH YEA Kevin i see now what you mean yea i used them to represent loud speakers as something simlar on the plans an when the hangar is all spreyed grey so will they be  so they will blend in 
[size=78%]an cheers for lookin in on the build an to be honest i dint think hardly anyone is lookin in on the build so nice to see you an the other guys lookin in [/size]
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[kevin547n]

yes all the forums seam to be quiet this year, but i still have builds i follow, and call in every now and again, i started following your build whilst doing my Fleetscale 1/72 HMS Fife

[frogman3]

yes all the forums seam to be quiet this year, but i still have builds i follow, and call in every now and again, i started following your build whilst doing my Fleetscale 1/72 HMS Fife

OH WELL Kevin im glad you guys are followin the build as it makes puttin on the build worth it an is you HMS Fife on here ?
chris

[Chris Preston]

Hi Chris,


Yes - please continue posting updates and photos of your progress - it's very motivational for the rest of us.


Cheers,


Chris - in Victoria, BC

[frogman3]

Hi Chris,


Yes - please continue posting updates and photos of your progress - it's very motivational for the rest of us.


Cheers,


Chris - in Victoria, BC

WILL DO  Chris as long as my pc dont crash again an if it helps you all then good for us all then. AN im now goin to post a few more upate pics of the boot line bein done an cor it was a job to get the lines straight as poissible due to the hull curves as ive had tape on an off 4 times because the lines just dint look right but hopefully ive now manageded it
chris

[Chris Preston]

    
Chris