Le Soleil Royal ZHL Build Log [COMPLETED BUILD]

[GrantTyler]

Rigging guns. It is so tedious working with 2 mm blocks. I need smaller hands. View attachment 291346View attachment 291347

How you doing Vic- yep my least favorite job- rigging the cannons, and you also put in the metal hooks etc- awesome

 

[Vfordyce]

How you doing Vic- yep my least favorite job- rigging the cannons, and you also put in the metal hooks etc- awesome

Thanks, Grant. I’m learning. And it does get a little easier with more practice. This is my best one yet.

 

[Vfordyce]

Mass production on the rope coils. More efficient than doing them for each cannon separately. And I can standardize them better. When doing onsey twosies, I tend to get invested in them. Now I don’t feel so bad about just throwing one away and starting over because I’m making a bunch of them.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

Mass production on the rope coils. More efficient than doing them for each cannon separately. And I can standardize them better. When doing onsey twosies, I tend to get invested in them. Now I don’t feel so bad about just throwing one away and starting over because I’m making a bunch of them. View attachment 291999

looking good.

 

[Gilbertm]

Mass production on the rope coils. More efficient than doing them for each cannon separately. And I can standardize them better. When doing onsey twosies, I tend to get invested in them. Now I don’t feel so bad about just throwing one away and starting over because I’m making a bunch of them. View attachment 291999

Looks nice

 

[Vfordyce]

Pin installed to hold the gun in position on the deck.

 

[GrantTyler]

Pin installed to hold the gun in position on the deck. View attachment 292456

Hello Vic- again clever thinking.I wish I had some this with mine as I applied poly to my deck and the dab of glue I placed on my wheels is already not holding on some- I will remember this in future.

 

[Vfordyce]

Hello Vic- again clever thinking.I wish I had some this with mine as I applied poly to my deck and the dab of glue I placed on my wheels is already not holding on some- I will remember this in future.

I ran into that on my Black Pearl, which I coated with tung oil. Super glue just wouldn’t stick. I’m also using pins to help hold my bits.

 

[Vfordyce]

Back to drydockmodelsandparts.com to order more 2.5mm blocks so I can finish my guns. I must have lost 8 of them in my carpet.

 

[debauchery]

Back to drydockmodelsandparts.com to order more 2.5mm blocks so I can finish my guns. I must have lost 8 of them in my carpet.

My favorite is when a piece gets loose from the hemostats and bounces off the walls.

 

[Vfordyce]

My favorite is when a piece gets loose from the hemostats and bounces off the walls.

Where is the dislike button?

 

[Philski]

Where is the dislike button?

 

[Philski]

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[Vfordyce]

Unboxing my Galilee boat I purchased from semillerguitars.com. He makes guitars, but he also makes the Galilee boat on the side. Glenn @GAStan has progresses nicely on his. I think I’ll start another build log.

 

[Vfordyce]

I’m trying to decide whether to add retraction rigging on the back of my guns. I’ve only seen one example of such installed.

 

[wernerweiss]

Rigging guns. It is so tedious working with 2 mm blocks. I need smaller hands. View attachment 291346View attachment 291347

Hello Vic,
concerning rigging guns I would like to draw your attention on my build log of the USF Confederacy

Greetings Werner

 

[Vfordyce]

Ich werde es suchen.

 

[Vfordyce]

Hello Vic,
concerning rigging guns I would like to draw your attention on my build log of the USF Confederacy

Greetings Werner

The rigging is different for continental guns (ex: French) from the one you are working on. The recoil rope goes through the carriage frame and they use two rope/block rigs to pull it back to reload.

 

[Vfordyce]

Hello Vic,
concerning rigging guns I would like to draw your attention on my build log of the USF Confederacy

Greetings Werner

Werner, you have done a fine job with your Confederacy.

 

[wernerweiss]

Werner, you have done a fine job with your Confederacy.

Thank you very much!