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About ccoyle

  • Birthday 08/15/1963

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    Greer, South Carolina
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    model building, hunting, fishing, reading, genealogy

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  13. ccoyle
    My condolences, Lyle. I hope you will find getting back to your project to be suitably therapeutic.
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  22. ccoyle
    Welcome aboard!
  23. ccoyle
    Well done!
  24. ccoyle
    My goodness, you put this whole log together today? 😮 You've been holding out on us, friend! 😉
  25. ccoyle
    Hopefully this will not all turn out "verrrry dumb!" as Arte also used to say! Great pop culture references like these remind me of just how young some of my coworkers are -- these would sail right over their heads!
  26. ccoyle
    It is becoming increasingly evident, Mark, that "No Idea" no longer suits you as a username, as you clearly have at least some idea!
  27. ccoyle
    That is a beautiful little model, but since this is a finished model and not a build log, your photo should be placed in the gallery. C'est une jolie petite maquette, mais comme il s'agit d'une maquette finie et non d'un journal de construction, votre photo devrait être placée dans la galerie. Merci!
  28. ccoyle
    I think he was saying that there is no comparison.
  29. ccoyle
    "Curiouser and curiouser!" I found the MS combs in my stash. The MK combs have 1mm slots, while the MS combs have 1.5mm slots. And here's where it gets whacky -- gratings made from the MS combs will fit perfectly inside the kit's coamings, but gratings made from the MK combs will not. 🤔 Seems like maybe somebody pulled the wrong combs from the shelf when they packed the kit? Stay tuned!
  30. ccoyle
    That is one comically ugly tank!
  31. ccoyle
    Back from the break! And first -- time for a little sleuthing! I had a very sneaking suspicion about the reason for my troubles with the grating combs, and sadly, this photo proves my suspicions were well-founded. This photo shows a random selection of combs. The middle section is aligned, as is demonstrated by the needle sitting neatly astride the combs. BUT, as you can plainly see, if you go about five rows above or below the needle, the grooves are suddenly all wonky. And wonky grooves, my friends, make combs that don't mesh together! Somewhere in my stash of Long-Forgotten Leftover Parts, I have some Model Shipways combs. I don't remember having had any issues with them -- might have some Amati combs leftover somewhere as well. Heck, the MS combs may have come from Amati -- you know how that supply chain operates! I will have to hunt those combs down and see how they work. Stay tuned!
  32. ccoyle
    Not too shabby, Dave! The first few card models one attempts are more about learning techniques -- finishing the project is of secondary importance. As with any medium, your workmanship will improve with successive builds. Cheers!
  33. ccoyle
    Well, it's been a mixed bag of results today. First, here's a shot of the finished quarterdeck rails, along with the completed skylight. The skylight includes plastic inserts for the 'glass'. Since the model has no interior to gawk at, I painted the backs of the inserts black. After this, I started work on the gratings, and this is where things got super annoying. First, the combs for the gratings fit VERY tight, which makes them stay together nicely when assembled but makes the actual assembly process needlessly frustrating. Second -- and here's a word to the wise -- the combs provided in the kit DO NOT produce the same spacing as seen in the photo-illustrated instructions! So, if you refer to the photos to count the number of combs to use for a particular grating, then assemble the combs and trim them to the 'proper' size, you get a grating that is TOO SMALL!! Ask me how I know this. 😡 I am presently taking a mandatory mental health break. 😑
  34. ccoyle
    Very handsomely done -- love the extra rigging details!
  35. ccoyle
    You can access your title for editing via post #1. Look for the three dots in the upper right corner.

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