BUILD LOG: SOLEIL ROYAL - TRYING TO ENHANCE KIT DeA [COMPLETED BUILD]

[Alessandro63]

Hello everybody, for your eyes and mine voilà the stern quarterdeck!!
It made me crazy...

 

[Uwek]

well done

 

[Alessandro63]

Installation of gunports. I also made on my own the rings not having found the right size.

 

[Alessandro63]

detail of the bell binnacle.

 

[Robert B]

Very nice build like the colours

 

[Dean62]

Beautiful work!

 

[Alessandro63]

the first spear and near the sister just started

 

[Alessandro63]

Hello!
So, the hull is practically finished, the serpent of the cutwater (I'm sure these are not right terms, please correct me) is still missing, because must be mounted together with the bowsprit.

 

[Alessandro63]

Time to face with masts.

 

[albertmary]

Hello Alexander, right everyone has his say.Your conclusion that you say that there is no truth, sorry have you consulted any text on the subject?

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Interessantissimo. Grazie per averlo condiviso!

 

[Alessandro63]

Hello, going on with masts and shrouds.
For some unknown reason in the last image ropes seem light but they are dark maroon.

 

[Alessandro63]

I started assembling the shrouds. The supplied thread was pretty bad but I tried a simple treatment with a lighter flame and the result seems good.
What do you think?

 

[Alessandro63]

Forestay stag mouse: I'm a little concerned about dimensions; hoping it is not out of scale.
To make the mouse I've modelled some putty and covered it with a piece of gauze to reproduce the texture, then painted with acrylic black.

 

[Alessandro63]

Foremast stay completed.

 

[Alessandro63]

Hello all, making anchors and their buoys.
The buoys are made from two pencil coins glued together and painted.
It is the first time I refine anchors so completely and it has been a hard work, but I got a lot of fun!

 

[Alessandro63]

Back at work...

 

[Alessandro63]

Foremast major yard.
It has been a hard work and I still have another 10 to do, sgosh!

 

[Alessandro63]

Main foremast yard during installation and after, and a detail of the stay host.

 

[Alessandro63]

When I see one of those wonderful admiralty models I get enraptured, but without the masts they always leave me with a sense of unfinished. I consider the masts to be a fundamental part of these ancient ships, and they also have an exceptional scenic effect with that interweaving of maneuvers.Then, when the time comes to make them, I go crazy with the effort, and sometimes I tell myself that maybe they were right to stop at the hull.Then I get back... I cannot leave it without masts and maneuvers.

 

[Uwek]

Hello, just started to build this amazing vessel in scale 1:70. DeA's kit is very well done, qualitiy materials and decorations, but it is a kit and this time I want to go beyond and build a model that when I'll look at it I can say I couldn't make it better than that.
Some pics of deks not yet finished: at the end they will look teak color; also a detail of the shape of some floor boards. Hoping you will like them, every suggest coming from experts is welcome.

Hallo @Alessandro63
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY