ccoyle
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Hi, Nic. Your grandfather obviously had some skill at making models. It looks like it may be HMS Prince 1670. An Italian kit manufacturer, Aeropiccola, once made a kit of her, and I have seen at least one example of someone building a scratch model from the kit's plans. The bad news for any new modeler is that this particular ship is one of the most challenging subjects a modeler could choose. In addition to the copious amounts of rigging (which could be omitted if the modeler chose to build a hull model, i.e., no rigging), Prince sported an incredibly lavish suite of carved ornamentation. It's not my intention to scare you off your project, but I think you'd want to know just what kind of challenge you would be taking on. http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/misc/sail/HMSPrince-144-mda/index.htm Cheers!
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Welcome aboard!
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That's a Bermuda schooner rig. I can't tell you exactly when it came into use, but it's been around a long time. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_rig#History.
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Welcome aboard! Chile is beautiful country -- I wouldn't mind visiting some day.
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Absolutely fabulous! What a credit to the card modeler's art! PS: Do you follow the HMV page at Facebook? If not, I'd like to share a link to your build log there -- Benjamin (the owner) would certainly appreciate it. -
Hey, did this build ever get wrapped up?
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I've no personal experience with them, but I'd be super hesitant to order anything from AliExpress -- they're a known platform for pirated merchandise, and some Chinese sellers have no qualms about using photos that don't depict the actual merchandise being sold.
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Congratulations, and nicely done!
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There's no comparison, as you may already know. Chris designed both kits, but the Caldercraft kit dates to very early in his career arc. The Caldercraft kit is still a good product, but Chris' more recent releases for Vanguard Models are ahead in every respect: better designs, better materials, better instructions.
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Hawker Hurricane Mk. I by ccoyle - Halinski - 1/33 - CARD
ccoyle replied to ccoyle's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Gonna have to sideline this build for the weekend, but here's a quick update. The patch has been made (it's ugly), the aft fuselage completed, and the vertical stabilizer added. I'm getting a little itchy to get back to Phoenix. 😬
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Head room, I feel certain. Analogous to a companionway on later designs.
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I was born in Arizona, but I didn't like it, either, so I left. Actually, it was my parents who left, since I was only two months old at the time, so I can't really confirm that my opinion came into play. Probably it didn't -- my memory of that time is a little hazy.
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Hello, Odi. Please remember that this is an English-language forum. You may use an online translator, if necessary. Bitte beachten Sie, dass hier Englisch erforderlich ist. Bei Bedarf können Sie einen Online-Übersetzer verwenden.
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Greg, your build logs are a real treat. Congratulations on completing another stunning model!
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P-51D Mustang by CDW - FINISHED - Dragon - 1:32 Scale
ccoyle replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
But the original quote said "still to this day," so I was limiting the search of my memory to aircraft that still had flying examples. The De Havilland Hornet was pretty lickety-darn fast, too, but there are no air-worthy examples at present. -
P-51D Mustang by CDW - FINISHED - Dragon - 1:32 Scale
ccoyle replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Depends on how one defines "hottest". The Mustang might win the award for best-looking, but there are still Hawker Sea Furies flying today, and the production Fury was 20 mph faster than the P-51D. (For what it's worth, I think nearly all piston-engined, propeller-driven fighters are beautiful.) -
And your satisfaction is justified! I really like how all of the colors you have chosen, along with the patina you have achieved for the metal pieces, work so well together. Your model has a lot of visual appeal!
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Hello from British Columbia!
ccoyle replied to sixtythousandbees's topic in New member Introductions
Welcome aboard! I, too, write for a living, but I write textbooks, so it's not terribly exciting work. -
Welcome aboard!
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Hawker Hurricane Mk. I by ccoyle - Halinski - 1/33 - CARD
ccoyle replied to ccoyle's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Well, after all that doom-and-gloom reaction last night, I think I hit on a solution that will work. First I took a short break to finish off the cockpit canopy rails. Then, moving on to the aft fuselage skin, I cut a slit from the forward edge back to one of the small boxes printed on the spine. There I cut in two small perpendicular slits, creating two flaps. The two flaps can now spread apart when the skin is added to the cockpit section, forming a dart that will need to be filled in with scrap card. I will add a joiner strip between the two sides, so that the dart will have some subsurface to adhere to. There will be a visible repair after the job is finished, but at least I won't have to round-file the entire project -- yet. Cheers!
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