Thanks William . I might have to do that. It is a bit bright
I have had quite a few redo's . Things I haven't been able to fix I will make sure I don't do again on my next build
Good evening Greg. That is exactly how we learn in this hobby- it’s not easy and never stop learning. My problem is there are times when I make the same error the second time around as well
. Cheers GrantHi Grant. I have no doubt I will do the same
It's taken a while, but all the sails and rigging on the Soleil is completed.
Overall considering it's my first ship I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Was a pretty steep learning curve.
I'd give myself 6/10 so plenty of room for improvement on my next ship. Next time I'll get better quality ropes. Those supplied with the kit are pretty ordinary.
Next up all the cannons.
Overall considering it's my first ship I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Was a pretty steep learning curve.
I'd give myself 6/10 so plenty of room for improvement on my next ship. Next time I'll get better quality ropes. Those supplied with the kit are pretty ordinary.
Next up all the cannons.
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A beautiful ship! Great work!
Thankyou very much
HUGE congratulations, GregW!
Thankyou very much
Good evening Greg. Way to go- looking grand. Cheers Grant
Thank you very much Grant
Greg,
Outstanding job, especially considering that this is your first! Good luck with the San Felipe!
Bill
Thanks very much Bill . Still making all the gun port hatches for Soleil at the moment. A very time consuming job
It's interesting that you mentioned the time-consuming process. I have been working on the Heller version since 1976 when I received the kit as a Christmas gift from my parents. Granted, I served in the Navy for 24 years and travelled from the East Coast to Italy to Pearl Harbor. to Groton (CT) to Bangor (WA) back to Groton, back to Hawaii, then to San Francisco, then back to Groton, then to San Diego, finally, back to Groton. Work progressed very slowly with the constant travel and its associated packing and unpacking. But I have made slow but sure progress. I have retired and have made further progress. Le Soleil is now a work in progress.
Bill
You have certainly done a lot of travelling ! O may be wishing my life away but am looking forward to retirement so I can spend more time building ships.
Amen!
Have added all the cannons and the gunport hatches. That only leaves the anchors , ships lifeboat and I want to make some rope hanks to hang off the pin rails. The end is in sight 
Made the anchors and added them to the ship
THe anchors are looking very good - well done
only the knot with which the anchor ring was tight to the anchor cable was not done in this way
There were (as I know) two different types of knots used, related to the weight of anchor
This one is at the HMS Victory
and smaller anchors, but not yours
only the knot with which the anchor ring was tight to the anchor cable was not done in this way
There were (as I know) two different types of knots used, related to the weight of anchor
This one is at the HMS Victory
and smaller anchors, but not yours
Thankyou very much for the information. I need to do more research in future. My next ship is the Caldercraft Victory and I want to make it as accurate as I can.