Please to place some visual evidenses(pictures) which You coscider could be solid arguments, and will confirm Your doubts, mentioned above, regarding channels positions, for this model ?
I'm very interested in it !))
All The Best!
Kirill
Most references show evidence of the channels at a lower position, although there are some that shows them at the position that I have on my model.
There is inclusive one very well known painting that shows a french vessel contemporary with Soleil Royal with the channels in the upper position:
![22914409-D188-487B-BFE2-1E2C8E127CEE.jpeg 22914409-D188-487B-BFE2-1E2C8E127CEE.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437184-3d2711ed3ab412c1a781249736b4aaf1.jpg)
This one representing Soleil Royal itself, clearly shows the channels in the lower position:
![FA7A9E09-7EE0-4B45-915B-DFDA6D73C6F1.jpeg FA7A9E09-7EE0-4B45-915B-DFDA6D73C6F1.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437185-fb13ed7e136096b7ffd6303a02edb63d.jpg)
Most of existing paintings regarding Soleil Royal, shows the lower position:
![A0D928C5-5332-4A98-9535-A8028629A728.jpeg A0D928C5-5332-4A98-9535-A8028629A728.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437186-44054da0f483b9d820967de1f0c24ed2.jpg)
![F452E85A-721F-4B1B-ACE5-D387620D3187.jpeg F452E85A-721F-4B1B-ACE5-D387620D3187.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437187-01cb3a00ff3983bd230254a82803ece1.jpg)
![BA026726-DCEF-4CF9-8CF2-3D4E8EA4D7DD.jpeg BA026726-DCEF-4CF9-8CF2-3D4E8EA4D7DD.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437188-78fdf334a48d50dbc37f8fc3759d81e6.jpg)
This is a page of a German book about Soleil Royal, which I don’t have, but it does show it with the channels in the upper position:
![263E2E72-0FF5-4822-B002-A7F59A5BA787.jpeg 263E2E72-0FF5-4822-B002-A7F59A5BA787.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437189-9cd750bd942d23f1dc0fffbe6633e8bd.jpg)
Another painting showing the lower position:
![C344B285-908A-457A-858B-24F339148329.jpeg C344B285-908A-457A-858B-24F339148329.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437191-5a1fe9ebe3a768bed1a2fa1a86b3c14e.jpg)
![05AF892C-3A64-414B-8EC8-A0E37741E749.jpeg 05AF892C-3A64-414B-8EC8-A0E37741E749.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437198-b4c9bc4616a1d0f474777d2aa19bb03c.jpg)
![E91F3AB1-2099-4BC5-B26F-15A5484995A2.jpeg E91F3AB1-2099-4BC5-B26F-15A5484995A2.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437199-89815c6af5b2f53e322822c3b32f8c88.jpg)
I also found a couple of drawings in the book “Les Vaisseaux du Roi Soleil”, showing Royal Louis with channels in the upper position:
![5C8CE35A-59C6-4AA5-82D8-E0404E4467EA.jpeg 5C8CE35A-59C6-4AA5-82D8-E0404E4467EA.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437200-baee03b9b1034a8b33bcfac68ba58dd6.jpg)
![0462C1C6-1CF6-4FEF-93D3-7E4E055430DE.jpeg 0462C1C6-1CF6-4FEF-93D3-7E4E055430DE.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437201-087ed2529e9743e8edf35cf7f5a521da.jpg)
The model from the Louis XV that is in Paris museum from 1700 also shows the lower postion:
![4FDA3413-47E6-4D94-AEB8-D49F11E65C46.jpeg 4FDA3413-47E6-4D94-AEB8-D49F11E65C46.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437202-4f4c7ce7c4f949bf4f51e0855cff9e3e.jpg)
![807D098A-23F1-4003-95CB-2B3293C1CB45.jpeg 807D098A-23F1-4003-95CB-2B3293C1CB45.jpeg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/437/437203-7708a69edd9b1771be0d75b3cf750dfa.jpg)
My “educated” guess is that probably the channels should be in the lower position, but as there exist some evidence regarding the contrary, I think I will proceed as it is now…