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  1. ccoyle
    My priorities are in perfect order -- they just don't match my wife's priorities!
  2. ccoyle
    More cowl bits added. I mighta got more done today except I spent the entire day stripping the old finish off my fence. 😬
  3. ccoyle
    Welcome aboard, Marcel! Card models are kinda like Lay's Potato Chips -- no one can build just one!
  4. ccoyle
    Keith, It was I who edited your build log title. I did this as part of an overhaul of all the build log titles on our site, to conform them to our site guidelines. The job took nearly two months to complete, as we have thousands of build logs here, so perhaps you can see why I didn't ask everyone whose logs were tidied up for permission to do so in advance. As for your log in particular, I added the information about Madawaska because the 1869 launch date for Tennessee isn't the original launch date for the ship itself -- personally, I think that little bit of extra info is interesting, but if you wish you may strike the last bit from the log title, or I can do it for you. Kind regards, Chris
  5. ccoyle
    I didn't realize they were acrylic. Are these available from Syren? I agree that the metal versions are rather a pain to deal with.
  6. ccoyle
    I check the post tracker daily -- sometimes twice a day.
  7. ccoyle
    Seeing the results of your work, Chuck, one would not think that there are any modeling tasks that could possibly terrify you.
  8. ccoyle
    Welcome aboard! I'm always intrigued, and sometimes confused, by the English usage of "just," especially when they say "just about." In America, if we say "just about finished," we mean almost but not quite finished, i.e., not finished; in England, they mean just barely finished. I always have to think about that when I'm watching Premier League games and the announcer says, "He's just about done enough for a corner."
  9. ccoyle
    Eighteen cowl blisters done. 😵
  10. ccoyle
    What? You mean that film is historically inaccurate?? 😮😉
  11. ccoyle
    It's not really turquoise so much as sky blue. The Russians didn't seem to waste much time on experimenting with color schemes -- sky-blue undersides and two-tone gray topsides were commonplace. I can't say for certain, but I suspect they used the same blue for interiors and undersides simply because it expedited construction. The Soviets figured out early that simplifying their manufacturing processes got materiel into the field faster and in larger quantities.
  12. ccoyle
    That's lovely work.
  13. ccoyle
    And I know from experience how difficult it can be to post in foreign language forums (I used to post regularly in one of the German card modeling forums), so I really appreciate the effort you make to share your work here.
  14. ccoyle
    Hallo, Joelle. Happily, I read German, but most of our members don't. Please post in English. I followed your Millennium Falcon build, so I know you can do it! 😉 Thanks!
  15. ccoyle
    Welcome aboard, Lee! You have gotten your project off to a good start.
  16. ccoyle
    Welcome aboard, Fred, and good luck on your project!
  17. ccoyle
    For those of you who are interested, I thought you might like to see what an insanely talented card modeler (not me, obviously) can do by kit-bashing a rather rudimentary model. Scroll down to the pics at the bottom to see the scratch-built super-detailing. It's on a whole 'nother level. MiG-3 at Kartonowki gallery
  18. ccoyle
    The main fuselage sections are done now. Next I'll need to go back and mount all the little lumpy-bumpy parts.
  19. ccoyle
    Thanks for this nostalgic build!
  20. ccoyle
    😂
  21. ccoyle
    Yes, yes, I know -- this will be yet a third concurrently running project. And actually, this project will not really begin for at least another week to ten days, because I just ordered the kit today, and it has to wing its way over here from Poland. So, first question is: Why this project? For several reasons: I have long been wanting to try my hand at a card sailing vessel. This looks like a great kit for that purpose. The rig is super simple. It is hot off the presses. I want to be among the very first to build one of these (the urge to be an 'early adopter') -- hence the slightly premature rush to start this log. I will do a deep dive into the kit contents once it gets here, but for now here's a shot of the kit cover: And a contemporary drawing of the subject by Willem van de Velde. I ordered the discounted set for the model, which includes the kit, laser-cut parts, mast dowels, and printed sails. In total, this set me back a whopping US$30.62, including shipping, which is about half what it would cost to acquire a single Halinski kit along with its bells and whistles. I have remarked before on the value of ordering directly from Tomek at his website. And now . . . we wait. In the meantime, I will try to get as much done on the Salmson as I can before the next project arrives. That's it for now!
  22. ccoyle
    Wonderful finish! It's rather amazing to think that only eight years elapsed between the last Holland boat and the launch of U9.
  23. ccoyle
    Nice finish, Eric!
  24. ccoyle
    Two more sections added to the fuselage.
  25. ccoyle
    I'm not an expert by any stretch on smallcraft rigs, but a cursory internet search of the terms 'cat-ketch' and 'cat-yawl' turns up a lot of images with rigs that are essentially identical, so maybe we're not the only ones who are confused.

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