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Kevin

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  1. good evening everyone good day today, sun was out, so the wife was happy, dog was happy, had a visitor, first one to see me in years, other than family, even brought my new build stagecoach boot finished, it could have been better, but looks like a covered area as intended and the drivers area is also in position
  2. perhaps one of the grown up could suggest a way ahead wrt previous started topics in relation to this build do i delete them or do i start a new topic and link the previous topics rather than three sections this will be the 7 foot version in a cutaway format, an expected year to 18 month build
  3. good evening everyone made up the supports to take the weight of the seats started the boot area (dont actually know whats its called) which wil all be covered over
  4. my plans are to restart this project this week, all three sections at the same time, i just need to finish the stagecoach of first
  5. the way it has been designed, as per the real ship, it is quite strong, wrt to being card, i will protect it with modge podge, which is a varnish many of this kits are given a outer protective layer and used on the water with RC
  6. good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes, i will get back to you @popeye the sailor @Canute @Old Collingwood the great fence repair has taken me away from the build for the last few days, sorted for now, the rest can wait for warmer days the pretty strips are done both sides now and has all had another coat of varnish last night was spent making up one of the two mail pouches the previous night doing the trunk
  7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60662541
  8. welcome to MSW Sorry for the loss of your dad looking forward to seeing what you are building here is a link to one of our female members @DORIS
  9. Thank you OC, i was wondering where you were, you both ok?
  10. good afternoon everyone put some go faster stripes on, as i bring this side to completion
  11. thank you for the comments, i will look at the shoelace and leather ideas mark i feel i would run into all sorts of problems and get very messy doing that, i had to cut a piece of wood of the dog yesterday and that was just with wood glue lol
  12. good evening everyone most of the main coach body work is done now, a few pretty strips still to be added i may have to rethink the suspension straps, they are very springy and quite saggy the door hinges are on well the rebates are done (they will not be opening) i used a bit of tape to hold the drivers cab in position, the glue in the coach is to offset the front weight nothing is fixed yet
  13. and I should have kept my moth shut, as I never contributed anything useful to the question
  14. it was a bit tongue in cheek, considering, most of us do it all the time, but if yr disappointed with what i said, so be it Sorry
  15. lol wish i understood the question
  16. good evening everyone thank you for comments and likes the coach looked awful (in my eyes, so i decided to do something about it removed all door and widow frames and the top panelling between the windows, as that never looked right from day one, fine grade sandpaper and took the upper coats of varnish off, washed down and then a varnish 50/50 white spirit wash applied the door frames and windows are now fitted on one side
  17. good evening everyone the chassis continues, a lot more banding has gone in, and whilst brass at present i may take it to black before completion the suspension was put back on and then had a bit of fun with the through braces, which were made from leather straps, the kits asks you yo make them from wooden strips, i went my own way and used face mask elastic strapping, and clamped them in place with brass strips, the height above the chassis may be to high but no weight on there yet the elastic was coloured using a Flory black wash
  18. good evening everyone 4 wheels on my wagon (well not quite on but complete), tonight i made the outer wheel bandings the chassis which was stripped down yesterday, was primed and now has a new coat on, pin strips well complete it at present i am rebuilding it, looks better than before, but even further removed from what it should look like
  19. good morning, its all 1/12, i personally dont get involved in the internal side of things, i will build the kits up if asked and sort the electrics out,
  20. before putting it away again i managed to get some more work done of the forecastle, at present i don't know when she will come back
  21. good evening everyone i went back to the stagecoach this week, im finding it very hard to get into anything at present, last week it was building and painting a couple of dolls houses for the wife, circumstances in Europe, loosing my main ship build in Jan and storm damage to my property last week have certainly played a big part stagecoach i stripped the frame work down again and re-primed it and bought a decent yellow rattle can rather than brushing on acyrilics
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