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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:02 am 
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Love the metallic colors! By the way guys, while it has to be sealed, have any of you used a products known as "metallic wax"---it's fabulous on all sorts of surfaces---but obviously has to be sealed.


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update...8-5-2020...

castle number two in the series is finished...see below...stay tuned...castle three will be added next week...

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update...8-20-2020...

here is the third castle in the series...the castle may look a little lopsided in the photo...but it's actually not...the parts were only set in place so i could take this picture...the pattern is in the PDF below the picture...stay tuned for a picture of the completed castle in a week or so...

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oh man, I'm a huge fan of your castles!! I'm going to have to make a few of these!

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update...8-27-2020...

greetings to all...

here is the third castle in the series...it's actually pink and not salmon as it may look in the photo...

i've got at least one more small castle in the series..so stay tuned...

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Howard these castle are going to look so nice together, the colors really go together.


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love the colors on this one!


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update...9-25-2020...

greetings to all...

here is the fourth castle in the series...it's still in raw cardboard in the photo below...you can download the free pattern via the PDF...a picture of the completed castle will be posted in a week or so...and hopefully a "family portrait" of all four castles in the series...stay tuned...

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I love how you made the windows. I'm looking forward to see how these will be finished.


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update...10-2-2020...

greetings to all...here is the finished castle...number four in the series...i'll let the picture tell the story...i'll post a family portrait of all four of the castles in a week or so...stay tuned...

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