Very nice!!! What did you use for the bottom board?Two pairs of magnum mallard gunners. One for my nephew and the other for his best friend.
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Very nice!!! What did you use for the bottom board?Two pairs of magnum mallard gunners. One for my nephew and the other for his best friend.
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Thanks. Bottoms and tails are just 1x pine shelving from home depot. Heads are white pine and keels I have no idea, that was just some board a friend had when he passed. It was too hard to carve so I'm just using it up.Very nice!!! What did you use for the bottom board?
Two pairs of magnum mallard gunners. One for my nephew and the other for his best friend.
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I've got about 60 gunners in my garage, only gunning rig I've made, all black cork. Yep its nasty but poor people got poor ways. I started messing with it in about 2007ish. At the time I was just starting making decoys and didn't know anywhere to get wood big enough for bodies, I could find head stock here and there. I could/can order cork shipped to my house. It's easy to work with few simple tools. Black cork is cheaper and lighter than tan and at the time I liked the old school look of black cork. Now I make a paste to fill the voids because I can paint better than back then. I now have a source for lumber big enough for bodies so I'm not sure if I will order more cork when I run out. I've never messed with tan cork. I wouldn't mind trying some one day.You are a better man than I Gunga Din, the first rig I carved was with that black chit, never again.
Those look niiiiiice....I do love some black cork. Did you fill the main voids or just have some good cork to work with?Two pairs of magnum mallard gunners. One for my nephew and the other for his best friend.
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Fill em. I make a paste out of cork sealer and cork dust. I'm always a little torn because I like the old school look of cork but I can do a better paint jobs and I feel like it gets sealed better if I fill the voids.Those look niiiiiice....I do love some black cork. Did you fill the main voids or just have some good cork to work with?