Heller Soliel Royal

[bazers]

Looking great if you keep showing these i will be tempted to build one.

[Guest]

Hi all well since I've finished the 32 ford I'm tentatively back on this, the first thing I noticed(which when I put it away I didn't was the jib was quite a bit off centre, no amount of gentle twisting would straighten it so I bit my lip and cut it off.














The guilding on the top rails was rubbish so that's been given another go, still not happy with it but will live with it for now also added a bit more deck furniture.














Removed some of the wash from the transom sort of better we will just have to see how I feel after I've lived with it for a while, I may still strip it, I'm feeling better about it anyway.

[Guest]

I know you have put a lot of work into this and that there is heck of a lot to go.


keep up the good work.

[Guest]

good to see you back on her my friend , as usual doing a great job .

[monica]

the wood color looks great,and the rest as well,nice to see you back at the old girl,


please say you did not use,these things to cut the mast, O.o

[Guest]

Hi all here is another little update, that mast is not glued in yet just positioned to see the effect, I've seen where people do the ratlines on the upper masts before atattching the mast, to me it looks easier than having to try it whilst attached to the ship. 

[monica]

that looks good in my eyes,nice going,

[Guest]

I did mine while attached to the ship , then again I didn't know any better , look's good though , good luck with , what ever way you go ken

[Guest]

Hi all well this is certainly leagues more complex and detailed than any ship I've built not sure I'm upto rigging this, for instance all the pulleys attached it the mast and crows nest, I've barely started on this one mast, I take my hat off to Steve, not sure I will stick the course, I've not found an easy way to tie the pulleys. The 4von this mast took 2 hours and a lot of swearing.

[Guest]

don't let frustration get to you mate , just enjoy the process , you will feel good in yourself when you finish .

[Guest]

This is looking really good you have the patience of a saint.

[Guest]

Hi all, the rest of the cannons are fully visible so I've decided to try and detail them a bit more, there is no wood grain moulded in the plastic sides so I've scratched some lightly with my knife and tried painting and using pastels to get an wood effect, not worked as well as I'd liked but better than nothing, and when they are installed you probably won't even notice anyway.

[monica]

nnice work with them,the scratches add some depth of color,

[Guest]

Hi all these cannons are a bit tedious but I've done a bit more, not happy with them, they still don't look very realistic (each one is less than 1/2 an inch long, well the carriage is anyway), so I can't do much with them but I'm wondering weather the decking from the 1/72 revell flower class corvette would look good stuck on and stained what do you think.

[monica]

very nice work on that lot,looks good,