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[frogman3]

moveing on i wanted to start to fit detail on the 02 deck behind the bridge but i had to remove the fore mast an to get to the main holding screws i had to use a very long screwdriver that went through all the mast to get to undo the main holding screws an same on the othe side a if you just click on the pic it comes up bigger so more detail can be seen
https://ibb.co/FzzzKj6

[frogman3]

AN the mast ready to lift of as i dont want to brake it this an the rear mainmast will be packed away in a box till the ship is nr ready to have them fitted back on
https://ibb.co/qm5vYSd

[frogman3]

AN now some shots of what ive got so far of the model
https://ibb.co/ryczGdR

[frogman3]

https://ibb.co/d6pT5NJ

[frogman3]

https://ibb.co/rpHVqCw

[frogman3]

an starboard side an a different porthole layout an hand rails fitted
https://ibb.co/ypyQr6f

[kevin547n]

very nice indeed, i used to love seen Tiger and Blake in the RN dockyards in the 70's i think Lion had gone by the time i joined up in 74

[frogman3]

very nice indeed, i used to love seen Tiger and Blake in the RN dockyards in the 70's i think Lion had gone by the time i joined up in 74

HI Kevin you have seen tiger an blake oh you lucky devil i was not intrested then in ships as i was chasein girls an caught my wife jen but where was this portsmouth or elese where an you were in the R/N what ships you have served on ?
chris

[kevin547n]

HI Kevin you have seen tiger an blake oh you lucky devil i was not intrested then in ships as i was chasein girls an caught my wife jen but where was this Portsmouth or elese where an you were in the R/N what ships you have served on ?
chris

i joined the RN in 74 Running from Portsmouth, I did the first Commission of the Type 42 Sheffield and the last one of the GMD Fife, i may well have seen Tiger or Blake in Chatham
Went in to Subs 1980 and the rest of my career was running from Scotland, did 8 years on Odin, 2 years on Churchill  (refit - scrapped from under my feet), 8 years on Repulse taking her to scrap, took HMS Sceptre to Refit in Rosyth and i retired in 1998
9/11 happened and i went back in and did another 10 years, taking Sceptre back out of refit, and then time on Vanguard, nearly all my Sub career was in Scotland,
That pretty well cover 34 years of my life, high must have been during my time on Repulse, lows would be Vanguard, the RN had changed for the worse IMHO but being aged 50 i had my day

[frogman3]

WOW Kevin you certainly had a colourful navy carreea 
chris

[kevin547n]

just been reading some of the random posts on your build, then decided to read from the start, you have put a lot of work into this, wish i had started my GMD Fife now rather than selling it partly completed, with much more time on my hands it could have done a much better job, however the new owner has now completed it
this is the fleetscale 1/72

[frogman3]

HI Kevin oh that looks nice HMS FIFE in 1/72 that would have been a super model if you had completed it as thats one thing ive never done an thats start a ship build an then sell it not finished
 as ive built about 7 or 8 big models now over the yrs an finished them all as for me its all im really instrested in as i dont like sport so i dont watch much tv for me its the building an creating the ship to the finish that matters as they are very exspensive aer'nt they ?
 an my wife jen also spurs me on an yes we have our lives by goin out togeather but as soon as i can im at the tiger build as in my opinion if you dont build it it wong get built will it as at the  moment im havin some probs on her an that tryin to get the things i need due to this bloomin corvid an any chance of a pic from her new owner as you say she is completed now ?
all best to you
chris ps she's a county class destroyer isnt she ?

[kevin547n]

i started a build log on here but never kept it updated
https://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,60378.0.html
here is the completed vid, posted by new owner, there are a couple photod then the video, made a nice job

https://www.facebook.com/messenger_media/?thread_id=742550491&attachment_id=651654832043262&message_id=mid.%24cAABa89Jw7ol2420Lulwsie_Eyin_

[frogman3]

HI again Kevin oh that is a pity that you did not finish her as ive just looked through your build on her as far as you got an i think you was doin the build very good as i could not have done better myself an i cant look at the finished ship as im not on F/B as i dont like it but again to me this is a cryin shame that you dint finish her may i ask why you dint ?
chris

[kevin547n]

here is another link, and lol i will answer your questions later
https://modelshipworld.com/uploads/monthly_2020_03/video-1583430167.mp4.2f4edc374e72c0ffcbd55c3006dcdbfa.mp4

[frogman3]

THAT was brilliant Kevin he has lit all the ship up like i do on my ships an is the gent who built this on this site ?
chris

[kevin547n]

THAT was brilliant Kevin he has lit all the ship up like i do on my ships an is the gent who built this on this site ?
chris

no he isnt, he did a lot of the electrics, but the rest of the build was completed by a friend of his, it was due to have its first sail early this year, but the plague got in the way


i belong to several sites it was on MSW and facebook he contacted me and asked if i considered selling, ii turned him down several times, but to be honest, i was building it as a static, and felt he would put her to better use, as there are not many 1/72 GMD on the display circuit and i wanted to build the St Nectan by Montfleet models, yet again my build log of that was quite poor on here


https://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,61919.msg702103.html#msg702103

my log of the Victory isnt on here at all

[frogman3]

OH Kevin lovley victory model is that nr 1000 pound kit as my freind nearly built it but he died of prostate cancer before he could finish it  all he had to build was the small whale boat that sit in the ships centre    how sad
chris

[kevin547n]

OH Kevin lovley victory model is that nr 1000 pound kit as my freind nearly built it but he died of prostate cancer before he could finish it  all he had to build was the small whale boat that sit in the ships centre    how sad
chris

sorry for the loss of your friend, yes it is the Caldercraft kit, and yes its a big outlay, but with over 3000 hours, spread over 7 years, well worth the cost, the new Amati version at 1/64 designed by Chris Watton, and at present being built by James Hatch, is going to be far better, the cost will be higher, but rumours are of it being available in 3 parts like the Amerigo Vespucci, which i also have on the go

[warspite]

Puts mine to shame - and its still not been tested properly 

[kevin547n]

love the way you have approached the build, an whilst we are chatting you are not getting on with it

[warspite]

If that's aimed at me and not chris     - she's finished and test tank tested, just not been for her maiden voyage, though the way things are going at work, I might be able to spend more time building the other projects whilst looking for a job 

[frogman3]

HI ALL well a couple of months ago i treated my self to a new 2.4 gig 14 cha  R/C system for my TIGER an to have plenty of things workin on her an now ive got all the nessaseary thing ive decided to try it all out to see if it works ok an it does an what i like about the R/C is that its not meant for a plane but for trucks tanks an boats so just up my street had a little trouble with the instructions but now all sorted linkpic of the box firstly
 https://ibb.co/YRnbmyx

[frogman3]

An now the actual R/C an its a nice layout of the controls
https://ibb.co/gD8YDt5

[frogman3]

HERE my choise of 40 amp  VIPER ESC's  X  2 with BEC's an FAILSAFE in