ccoyle
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Outstanding job!
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This is a very fine kit. Looking forward to seeing how it comes together for you.
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Finished the first pair of shrouds. Ugh ... it's the kind of task that bores me silly.
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Thanks, Captain_Hook! I hope to be able to get all of my "honey-do" list done in time to do some more work on her this weekend. I had originally planned this to be a quick build -- ha!
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I had to chuckle when I saw those nice, shiny guns on a dilapidated hull. Think they have any idea what's coming?
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I had a conversation last week with a coworker about a relative I recently found in my family tree. The relative served on two destroyer tenders and a barge during WWII. We talked about how most of the jobs in the service are not particularly glamorous, but of course a fleet couldn't function without a plethora of support vessels and shore-based postings.
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Several hours of work today resulted in the bending of sails to yards (with fore tacks), rudder hung, and rudder tackles and preventers installed.
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Hello, Nazir. For the eye bolts, yes, definitely cut them down to the length you need -- which really isn't very much in most cases. A little dab of your Gorilla Glue will probably suffice to hold one snugly in place. And do drill starter holes. As for rigging, I'm not sure what you mean by "basics" -- surely there is a plan sheet in the kit that shows mast and spar dimensions, and another with rigging details? Since the kit is supposed to represent an "American schooner," you might look for Lennarth Petersson's Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft; it contains an entire chapter on rigging a Baltimore clipper. Cheers!
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Another very interesting find, Mike! I will be keen to see how this one turns out, as I built Revell's USS Defiance (same class) as a kid.
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It's a nice-looking model, and I wish you well on your project!
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Airfix Revenge & Revell Golden Hind Accuracy
ccoyle replied to Robert Taylor's topic in Nautical/Naval History
My understanding is that pretty much everything we "know" about galleons is based in large part on conjecture. With these old kits, it wasn't uncommon for one manufacturer to sell molds to another, or to rebrand one kit subject as some other subject. -
How to correct a topic title
ccoyle replied to Cleat's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
You can do it yourself, but only in the first post in a thread. You use the 'edit' button in the toolbar at the bottom of the post. Knock yourself out! -
Ya lost me -- but based on your previous work, I know you'll get it sorted!
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Hello, Origamifan. The issue with the ZHL Black Pearl is not that it is a copy of an existing kit, although most ZHL kits are. In the case of BP, the issue is that ZHL's kit is not licensed by Disney, so it is still stolen intellectual property. The only licensed wood kit of BP that I know of off the top of my head was a partswork kit offered a few years back by Hatchette. It is now out of production and is considered collectible, so you might have trouble finding one.
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The stern looks okay, but to my eye the bunching up of the bow ports looks odd. Don't ask me how to fix it though -- that's above my pay grade.
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The history of sailing merchantmen in the 20th century can be quite interesting. Back then, those old carthorses weren't romanticized like they are today -- they were worked hard and intended to make money for their owners (of course you knew all this already). Part of the reason they were worked as hard as they were was because of the inherent perils of moving cargo by wind power alone; a LOT of sailing merchantmen were lost due to collisions, foundering, stranding, burning, or simply disappearing without a trace. Owners needed to recoup their investments quickly.
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Congratulations, Jesse! Don't let your "Lyme-addled brain" be troubled -- I fixed the title for you. Cheers!
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Great bargain! I hope you will enjoy building it.
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I agree with the previous posters -- great choice of subject!
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$20 for a Tamiya kit? I'd be very, very wary! 🤨
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Very interesting discussion about languages and dialects. I was an exchange student in Ostfriesland. Many of my schoolmates spoke High German as a second language -- just like me. Their first language was Plattdeutsch (Low German).
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