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  1. ccoyle
    I did the train tackles on mine.
  2. ccoyle
    Folks, I'm giving this topic a bump, and I hope that certain parties (**ahem**) will read it. Again, please don't quote long posts in their entirety, especially if they have LOTS of photos! It wastes page space, and people who already saw those photos in the original post have to scroll all the way past them -- again! Thank you!
  3. ccoyle
    As am I! I was quite keen to see how this turned out.
  4. ccoyle
    Don't sweat that detail. Once the gun is in place and the eyelet is secured to the bulwark, just touch it up with a daub of flat black paint.
  5. ccoyle
    Not for this one. I'm not doing any extra detailing -- pretty much a straight out-of-the-box build.
  6. ccoyle
    Sorry to hear that, Mario.
  7. ccoyle
    Hopefully completion of this model, building something with wings, and a 10-pt trophy buck.
  8. ccoyle
    This anchor marks the end of Book I of the instructions, hooray! On to Book II -- I started tapering the mast today.
  9. ccoyle
    Thanks, Christian. I use both Titebond and medium-cure CA, depending on the task.
  10. ccoyle
    Locking this, because the question was asked and answered elsewhere.
  11. ccoyle
    Necessity is the mother of acquired skills. Get some annealed wire of the correct diameter and some inexpensive round-nose pliers. You'll then have the makings of a lifetime supply of metal rings.
  12. ccoyle
    And finally, some real progress to show. Forecastle complete and mounted. Just a few small bits to do before beginning masting and rigging.
  13. ccoyle
    My 3x-great grandfather was with the 39th Georgia at Vicksburg. He was captured and paroled, then later wounded during the Atlanta campaign and discharged for disability. His son's family emigrated to Parker County, Texas.
  14. ccoyle
    Yep, it's used to raise the the yard.
  15. ccoyle
    Okay, you might have to look hard to see the difference between this photo and the previous photo -- just a few new bits. Next up is building the forecastle. I stained all the parts today, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to start it.
  16. ccoyle
    That was my first thought, too. An anchor and hawse were bound to bring a little dreck aboard when hoisted in and stowed.
  17. ccoyle
    Great job, Kevin!
  18. ccoyle
    Very nice looking -- well done!
  19. ccoyle
    James, if you're not acquainted with them yet, you may be interested in attending a meeting of the South Bay Model Shipwrights. They meet in Los Altos.
  20. ccoyle
    Welcome aboard! Some of my European friends will certainly be better acquainted with this product than I, but I believe that Gerhard Schmidt kits were simply rebranded kits made by other firms, such as Billing Boats. I believe it is this same design that is now being manufactured by Dusek Ship Models, though Dusek has been bringing such older designs up to current manufacturing standards before re-issuing them (we have a review for the Dusek L'Etoile here on the forum). Whether the current Dusek instruction manual would provide any assistance for your older kit I can't say for certain, but perhaps someone else has a better idea on this. Cheers!
  21. ccoyle
    I'm looking forward to seeing your progress on this kit -- definitely one of the best-looking schooners available in kit form.
  22. ccoyle
    Welcome, Doug. You've been given good advice above. Make sure to choose a kit that "speaks" to you.
  23. ccoyle
    That is indeed very handsome!
  24. ccoyle
    Welcome aboard! I am a California native transplanted to the East Coast, so I guess the two of us balance things out. Sounds like you must work in Silicon Valley somewhere -- I last hung my California hat in Mariposa.
  25. ccoyle
    When my son was two, he slept through an F-15 demonstration at an airshow.

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