I hope to share your enjoyment, from my perspective seems rather daunting..progress on guns, shed the breech rope as it looked too stout for scale, and added lots of stuff to the guns for more rigging options, guntackle and train tackle if I dare.
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http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee248/birdergv/IMG_2285.jpg