Well it's been a while since I posted anything so here's an update.
Last year (2010) I spent most of my time working on getting the trailer ready to transport the Admiral Kuznetsov around. With quite a bit of help from Paul Nixon and Peter Stradmann here in Sydney, I think we finally have something that works. Early January I toyed around with a portable crane on the trailer but this turned out to be over sized
Would have been perfect but just too big for my use.
Now during this the model spend almost 2 months outdoors under a tarp. Here in Sydney we have had pouring rain and blistering heat, today 39C and for the next 7 days about the same each day
. I like it hot but not that much....
Its good we had these temps because having my boat outdoors showed some problems. First the hanger deck which I was quite proud of has warped due to heat extremes. Looks like I have to figure something else for that part of the ship. No big deal just annoying. The other problem was some cracks in the hull between the wooden part of the hull and the fiberglass. Again not a big problem, just dig out the putty and reinforce the section and re putty the hull.
I have just started making the over hanging parts under the flight deck (Not sure of the name or this part of the ship) If all goes well and this bloody heat dies away I may be able to attach the first part soon.
Below are some pictures on the new trailer and some flooding inside the ship.
Leaky tub
My Friend Peter in the background of the picture.