Royal Louis - Mamoli

DARIVS ARCHITECTVS said:

Wow. Those railings are nice.

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Hi Kurt. Yes for an old kit they're pretty good

Pathfinder65 said:

Superb craftsmanship, nicely done.

Jan

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Hi Jan, Thanks very much for your nice comment. We do try.

GrantTyler said:

true story

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Thanks Grant.

A short update today. I made up and fitted the bracing at the bow, I don't know what it's called. It was made from 2mm strip, I found it quite difficult to bend and twist into the correct shape, lots of soaking, lots of heat and lots of swearing got it done. When complete it will have cast decorative moulding along its length.

Ken said:

A short update today. I made up and fitted the bracing at the bow, I don't know what it's called. It was made from 2mm strip, I found it quite difficult to bend and twist into the correct shape, lots of soaking, lots of heat and lots of swearing got it done. When complete it will have cast decorative moulding along its length.



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Looks really good. It was a very brave decision changing the shade of the staining but it has certainly come out OK.

Dom

DomCee said:

Looks really good. It was a very brave decision changing the shade of the staining but it has certainly come out OK.

Dom

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Hi Dom. If I’d thought about it I probably wouldn’t have gone ahead, it was one of those gut feeling decisions where you do it on the spur of the moment, I always had the option of painting the hull if it had gone pear shaped.

Here's todays update on the build. There are two chicken coups on the quarter deck, I think that the captain must like his eggs, he was French after all. The instructions were quite explicit and easy to follow, but the upright bars being only 1x1mm were very fiddly to make up, ( blunt fingers ).

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That is a great detail, nicely done.

Jan

Ken said:

Here's todays update on the build. There are two chicken coups on the quarter deck, I think that the captain must like his eggs, he was French after all. The instructions were quite explicit and easy to follow, but the upright bars being only 1x1mm were very fiddly to make up, ( blunt fingers ).

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my chickens!

Hello and thanks for visiting my build log. I’ve done quite a bit since my last post and it’s coming along nicely.

After re staining the hull a darker colour the wales and strakes looked too pale, the ebony stain looked washed out and didn’t give the contrast that I wanted. Not being happy with it I sanded them back and re stained a very dark oak, this time the stain was much more dense giving me the stand out contrast that I was after.

Next I made up the quarter deck skylight. The kit provided plastic windows for this but they were far from satisfactory and didn’t look good, even on the box art they looked poor so I made up my own simple version and glazed using a clear white glue. It looks pretty basic but at least it’s neat.

I then made up and painted the rails. These are made up over a plan then fitted complete to the model so it was necessary to double check that the hull sides were perfect as once made they couldn’t be adjusted, they would be a fixed very rigid structure made up from just over three hundred pieces. I sealed and sanded them prior to installing then when in place painted them.

You will have noticed that red is going to be the predominant colour, I never meant this model to be a true scale replica but just a sort of ornament for display so I’m going a bit over the top to give it more of a pop. I think the photos show the progress pretty well

Aside from the green or blue colored glass used in deck prisms, I never understood why models didn't use mica or clear plastic material for windows as opposed to the opaque bright sky blue or black, or dark, translucent colors for simulated window panes. In like fashion, dark red is typically used for ship's stern lanterns. Why not use authentic colors or clear from actually ships to simulate glass? To me, this kills impression of realism in the model.

Hello again. Another update but first I’ll comment on the kit. This went into production in the 1980s, so quite an old kit, mine is about 30yrs old. The plans are hand drawn, no CAD here, there are a large amount of cast parts, these reflect the tech of the era yet to me the kit is much better than many on the market today, better woods, better plans and instructions and quite a satisfying build if you work on it, a well thought through project.

There is I know a lot of red, it looks overwhelming on the screen, much too bright, but in reality it’s much duller, I think the sun makes it look more vibrant than it really is. I think that I would describe it as a red occre similar to Caldercrafts red, I’ve now adjusted my camera to show the true colour.

I have now completed the stairs, foredeck and quarter deck rails and the belfrys, much of which was cast and as I mentioned for its time very well done. It’s taking on a fair amount of detail and is starting to look quite good

These colors look wonderful with the grass. They complement each other perfectly. Grass as a background is a unique and great choice.

WojtasS said:

These colors look wonderful with the grass. They complement each other perfectly. Grass as a background is a unique and great choice.

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Hi Watjas. Thanks for your kind comment. I have an image in my head of how I would like this to look, it’s pretty close to the colours that I had in mind and I think that they work. We all build differently, I prefer the appearance rather than accuracy, so far, so good.