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Looking forward to following your progress. Looks kike a fun project.

I believe they were out of Colorado. I have all my old issues of WILDFOWL magazine. Maybe I'll drag them out and find one of their old ads.

Beautiful work Steve...as usual.

Anyone remember these? These old campaigners haven't seen the light of day in at least twelve years, I guess they are almost 30 years old. Waverider sold these as their 'Coastal Tollers". They have been in shop attic for a long time. They are covered in dust and grime. I use to have ten but lost...

Thanks Capt. Rich. I used a 1/2 " round over router bit inside and out. Perhaps I can go deeper. Like the foam pad idea.

As I proceed with my decoy rig overhaul I will be making eight new Cans to supplement the four Hilliard Cans that I have. One item that I use in shaping black cork bodies is a sanding bow. The one I fashioned years ago was a simple bow cut out of 3/4" plywood. The paper was held in place with...

Thanks for the kind replies. Next project CANS. I have four Hilliards that will be supplemented with eight of my making.

Finally finished my dozen mallards. Rehab and repaint of 25 year old cork blocks. Eleven Hilliards and one Waverider. I was apprehensive of painting these because of Pete Hilliards great paint scheme, but I really needed to because after 25 years bouncing around the bottom of the boat they were...

One paint color that I omitted was the breast. Base coated with Black Duck Body FME Over coated with thinned Bher Briquette

Steve, Thank you for the reply. Also thank you for the inspiration to undertake this endeavor. Your tutorials are the reason I decided to rehab my 30 year old rig. Below is my attempt to “copy” your effort. Based on your suggestion( and the kind email from George with a paint schedule) I got...

Very nice to see.

BTW the show looked amazing, wish I were closer so as to partake.

Thanks for the reply Steve. Looking forward to details on the drake Behr colors you used.

Whats on my workbench???? A mess.........

GE in daylight.

I am continuing the total rehab of my decoy spread. This past week I prepped my dozen mallards with repairs, varnish and a top coat of oils. I painted one hen to see if I had the colors and technique as outlined in Steve Sanford’s tutorial. I also was able to repair and rehab a pair of LL Bean...