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  1. ccoyle
    Welcome aboard! Sorry to hear about your paint & stain issues, but your deck planking looks first-rate. You'll get it sorted. Cheers!
  2. ccoyle
    Speaking as one of the folks who marks builds as finished, we tend to do so at whatever point the builder says it's done. That may or may not include casing. If the builder says a case is imminent, we'll wait until the case shows up in the log.
  3. ccoyle
    Welcome back!
  4. ccoyle
    I did a little editing. Hope that made the sense of the post clearer?
  5. ccoyle
    Have you tried drilling pilot holes?
  6. ccoyle
    Good luck on your remodels! I always tell people that I hate do-it-yourself work because after I've completed it, it looks like I did it myself. 🙄
  7. ccoyle
    I have some sort of strange modeler's affliction where I get about 2/3 done or so with a model and am already thinking about the next one -- this partly explains why I have three partially finished models on hand. I have to force myself to finish the current job before I indulge myself with starting another.
  8. ccoyle
    My memory on the Laughing Whale to BJ transition is hazy. I believe that way back before Nic bought the company, BJ was in the process of updating the older LW designs before adding them to the catalog. Project probably stalled and never got restarted. Nic might know more.
  9. ccoyle
    Bluejacket acquired some of the Laughing Whale designs after the latter went defunct.
  10. ccoyle
    Getting one's first-ever first planking done is a huge psychological hurdle for new modelers. You'd be surprised at how many folks get the false deck and hull formers glued together -- and then give up. So congrats on your milestone!
  11. ccoyle
    Most model kit manufacturers (plastic or wood) or publishers (paper or card stock) offer at least a few kits that are geared toward beginning modelers. There are even free examples of such models in card stock, which you can learn more about in our card modeling tutorial in the card modeling section. Wood kits for beginners tend to be smallcraft such rowboats or daysailers; these can often be built into quite attractive models. If you use the search feature to look for "Midwest Products", you will find many examples of such kits. Midwest no longer makes boat kits, but they are still common on eBay, and other manufacturers offer similar options.
  12. ccoyle
    Welcome aboard! I'm not thoroughly familiar with what's available in live steam kits, but I know that there are many options out there, with prices ranging from relatively inexpensive to not-nearly-as-inexpensive, if you catch my meaning.
  13. ccoyle
    I'd be genuinely curious to know how many Fly and Pegasus units Amati has shipped. These two kits must certainly be among their all-time top sellers.
  14. ccoyle
    This is an interesting challenge you have set before yourself. Your anime carrack obviously has a lot of fanciful details that would not be found on a real carrack, so building a model from any of the existing carrack kits would be both difficult for a beginner and perhaps not much of an aid toward achieving your ultimate goal. A ship like this will need to be a scratch-build, so perhaps you should start with some thought about what type of medium do you think you'd be most comfortable working with, i.e. wood, card stock, or plastic. You could then start with some simple kits in that medium to gain basic modeling skills which you could later apply to your scratch build. Other than your anime ship, what kinds of boats/ships do you think you might be interested in building?
  15. ccoyle
    No fears. Posting a photo of a portion of the plans, e.g. part of a plan sheet, for review purposes is covered by fair use exemptions.
  16. ccoyle
    You could always come over to the Dark Side -- card modeling. Liners are actually popular subjects in the card modeling world. One of the nicest card liner kits out there is the HMV Cap Arcona, but there are any number of smaller and less challenging subjects.
  17. ccoyle
    The metal wires in the diagram are for making trunnions -- the little posts on the cannon that rest atop the carriage. The cast guns in the kit have the trunnions molded already. Rings and eyebolts can be easily and cheaply made using annealed wire and round-nose pliers.
  18. ccoyle
    Pete, your models demonstrate just how much appeal can be added by a smooth, neat paint job -- really a treat to view.
  19. ccoyle
    It's been nearly 20 years since I built my Sherbourne, but I don't recall there being any material included for rigging gun tackles. I do remember that I had to order 2 mm blocks specifically for the tackles, and I used info from the The Naval Cutter Alert and Ship Modeler's Shop Notes to get the line diameters and lengths correct.
  20. ccoyle
    First of all, welcome to our forum. Now, as to your question, a couple of tips are in order, the first of which is to post your question in the correct topic category, so that your question will get more traction; I have taken care of this for you. Second tip: no one can answer your question unless they first know some details about your model, namely what vessel is it and what is your source for spar dimensions? With those details in hand, someone will most likely be able to answer your question. Cheers!
  21. ccoyle
    Very nice work!
  22. ccoyle
    That turned out very nice.
  23. ccoyle
    Welcome, ChrisSC, from another Chris in SC!
  24. ccoyle
    'Ello -- nearly three weeks without an update, so here's an update. This project isn't dead -- far from it -- but it got temporarily derailed by a family visit and a higher-priority side project. I did get into the shipyard today to do a little work, but nothing worth a photograph. Cheers!
  25. ccoyle
    I don't know which, if any, of Panart's lineup count as "new", but there's a lot of user-friendly kits coming out these days from a variety of sources: Vanguard Models, Amati, Syren Ship Models, Master Korabel, MarisStella, Dusek, CAF, and probably some others that I'm drawing a blank on at the moment. Be sure to browse the clickable ad banners for our sponsors on the home page.

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