Ditto! The color is incredible, and the detail is fine. Gorgeous ship.Wow Vic! That looks amazing!Hats off to you, young man!
Good morning Vic. I send another ditto!. Cheers Grant
Wow! She's a beauty Vic! It's all coming together very nicely!
Wonderful job Vic
I can't believe how fast you are progressing!!!
I’m not working now, and this is my main job until we leave. I’ve got one more week to finish up.
I’ve been searching for better ways to secure my blocks than just double knots. I’ve adapted something I saw in The Art of Rigging that was used on anchors. They are much neater than the clunky double knots and don’t seem to unravel as easily. 
I’m trying to keep tension on the clew by tying one line temporarily to the mizzenmast while tying off the second clew line to the railing. I don’t want to cause the end of the sail to ride up when I tighten the line. 
Funky looking lanterns. I added yellow window panels made from transparent colored school binder dividers and painted the brass gold. For the two side lanterns, I used a small cut off piece of dowel for a base, drilled a hole through the bottom of the lanterns and the dowels, and inserted a pin to hold them in place. 
Methods of holding tension of lines while work on them in-progress is something rarely spoken of on this forum, but is a basic technique in making sure your line tensions are set for each line and your yards don't end up out of position or out of the desired angle.
Occasionally it is helpful to take some thread and tie temporary lines to hold the yards in place while working on running rigging. You simply cut them off when you are done with them. The balance of tensions of your sheets, clews, bowlines, and brace and tack line is achieved using temporary lines to hold yards and sails where you want them to be.
Lateen sail secured, sir!
Good morning Vic. Stunning. You have “outdone” yourself with those sails. You have been working under time constraints and have just “owned this“. Beautiful Le Soleil and your daughter must be super “chuffed”. Cheers Grant
Just beautiful
I got a set of flags from hismodel.com. They also have Sovereign and Vasa flags. They sent them right away and were good to work with. 
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Vic, I believe there should be 2 additional yards on the Mizzen mast
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What a great job and fantastic looking model ... lots of detail and no doubt time spent on the build.
She is a beauty, Andrey! And thanks for showing how to get it ready for moving. The crate is a work of engineering and art itself.
Thank you.
Yes, Gilbert. You are correct. The sail is made and the lines are added. I just have to finish getting the halyards and lifts attached. Then I can belay the lines. That’s today’s job. The Admiral and Ensign will start gluing the gun port lids to the hinges today, and I’ll work on the rudder. On Monday I’ll build the anchors. I’m hoping to be done by Tuesday. I only did one set of parrels because I ran out of time. I also didn’t put the wooden swoop called the billboard on the front. Maybe next time I’m up here.
It’s been a year, Keith. Almost exactly. I’ve been retired since May of this year and have had a lot of time to work on her. Thanks for viewing!