Soleil Royal by Heller - an Extensive Modification and Partial Scratch-Build by Hubac’s Historian

big peng said:

Hello, I'm currently building a 1:450 scale ship model but lack reference materials for its ropes. Do you have any detailed documentation on the ship's rope system?View attachment 585476View attachment 585477View attachment 585476View attachment 585477

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Hello BP - marvelous work in such a small scale!

As for rigging, I will provide two references. The first is the revered go-to resource for those modeling 17th Century ships: Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast by R.C. Anderson:


Given it’s early publication in the 1920’s, it is not THE most user-friendly source for modern sensibilities (a lot of reading and visualization), however, it does provide important variance points among the Continental navies, and it is generally considered an accurate resource.

All that said, considering the very small scale you are working in, you will probably wish to make reasonable edits to what you show of the rig. Here is what one of my favorite examples of this smaller scale SR looks like in a rolling sea:






She looks to be fifty cents tall at the stern and $1.50 between perpendiculars. I’m not even sure how one achieves this without ultra fine silk thread and wire for any slack lines.

Also, thank you Wojtass for the kind words!

big peng said:

Hello, I'm currently building a 1:450 scale ship model but lack reference materials for its ropes. Do you have any detailed documentation on the ship's rope system?View attachment 585476View attachment 585477View attachment 585476View attachment 585477

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You can use rigging instructions from Heller

Hello Marc, good to see you back in the shipyard again. Sorry to hear about your father's deteriorating condition. I wish you strength in the coming period.

Marc

Just catching up here at SoS, as always such great and creative ways of articulating the details..... also sorry to hear about your Dad's issues.

Regards,

Thank you, gentlemen - I appreciate the kind thoughts.

Hi Marc

I am deeply saddened to hear what you and your family are going through

I lost my Father to cancer when I was sixteen and emotionally inexperienced to deal with it for a number of years, I still miss him now

However my best advice is to cherish the good memories when he does pass and keep him with you always in your heart

My in-laws both suffered with dementia before passing and it was heart breaking to live though.

My thoughts are with you my friend

Nigel

Thank you so much, Nigel. I very much appreciate it.

Dear Marc
sorry to hear about your Dad's illness, wish you all better days

Thank you, Shota.