Just finished a 1/10 scale Concord Stagecoach ca 1850. I used a kit from Artesania Latina which is like a wood boat kit…a box of raw materials…wood, brass, faux leather. Beyond the diecast lights, every part had to be fabricated from these raw materials. Rather than the red paint favored by these builds, I simply oiled the wood with Danish Oil to bring out the natural beauty of the hardwoods (sapele and walnut) provided.
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Very fine craftsman ship 
Was the lettering included?
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Outstanding. I sold a few of these when I worked in the local hobby shop - never seen one completed. I think your choice to use stain versus paint was perfect, it really brings the materials to life.
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Wonderful work ScottGMN, and welcome back to the forums. Staining rather than red paint was a brilliant choice. I remember when I was a kid building a Conestoga wagon and a chuck wagon that were the same type of model kit as yours. Of course being a kid, they didn’t turn out nearly as well.
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Great job. Really nice finish you achieved.
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Kit includes letters to spell STAGE COACH & COMPANY. I thought that was too generic. CHACO is an anagram of COACH. Lucky for me, Chaco is also a Canyon in New Mexico. Thus the Chaco Stage Company was born.
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Ah, brilliant. Very resourceful. Also as the others stated, the stain oil makes the model look so good.
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WOW! What an incredible build! Nicely Done!
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As previously stated, that is some amazing work. Your wood finish is top notch!
@Tim_Kidwell1 time to hook up your team?
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Ha! It’s about two times too big for my Clydesdales. However, I just put artist oils on the remaining four last night, finally. SHHH! Don’t tell anyone.
@ScottGMN, your coach looks FANTASTIC!
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just Wow!! Nice work, sir!
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Wow! Very impressive work there.
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@ScottGMN I’m sorry for the negative post in your thread. Anyone who has built a model wooden ship, or in this case the Stage Coach, knows that even though it it presented as a kit, you basically get a bunch of wood, a sheet of leather, and you follow plans to put the thing together. There is plenty of scratchbuilding involved.
FSM is a place to support modelers, and had I known the post was in your thread, I would have commented sooner. It is exactly the sort of behavior that we don’t want on the Forum and what chases people away. I apologize to you and the others in this thread had to deal with it. I’ve removed it.
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Thanks @Tim_Kidwell1 for chiming in and being supportive. There’s a proper way to convey constructive criticism without being ‘that guy’.
Over the years I’ve run into several ‘experts’ that love to point out mistakes or inaccuracies and say ‘What You Should Have Done…’ I either just smile and walk away or say, ‘You obviously haven’t seen the latest research’. 
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Too often we see people use words to destroy rather than build. Ironic for that to be the case on a forum about building.
This is a hobby. Very few of us do it professionally, and you’ll find those people quite charitable, kind, and supportive (in the main) of other modelers. No one needs more negativity in their lives, and pushing it here doesn’t fly. This is an oasis, and we expect members to treat it as such.
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