Soleil Royal- Re-engineering Artesania Latina's New Kit by NMBROOK

Thanks everyone for the compliments and also your kind Birthday wishes.

Truth is, we actually went out last night to celebrate and had a very nice meal. My other half has also taken me out to lunch today, now I have to got to work tonight:rolleyes:

Kind Regards

Nigel
 
Hubac’s Historian said:
Well, look at that! You and I are Leo’s from different parts of the geosphere, and only a few days and years apart. Happy Birthday, Man!
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I know Marc and my wife celebrated her's two weeks ago as well.

Kind of feel a fraud, I was born by emergency cesarian two months premature, so really I should have been born in October.
 
Dear Mate,

Yes, indeed a very happy "Name Day" ;) - Enjoy...

PS: I recently watched a new youtube video of a visit to the Cutty Sark - Immediately thought of you as well.....

Have not dropped by SoS lately but - I did see your updates - excellent work as always..

Lol
 
NMBROOK said:
I know Marc and my wife celebrated her's two weeks ago as well.

Kind of feel a fraud, I was born by emergency cesarian two months premature, so really I should have been born in October.
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No, no - I’m sure it was the case that your mother’s womb could no longer safely contain the big cat lurking within.
 
Hi Nigel - somewhat late, but better than never! Happy birthday, my friend. I wish you a year full of health and time to spend with your loved ones and on your shipbuilding!
 
NMBROOK said:
Hi All

I was determined not to buy any more kits as I have enough projects and pastimes to keep me going beyond retirement. However this release changed all that, I simply HAD to build it. Not because it is an amazing model straight out of the box but more a case that I realised the potential of the kit.

The kit supplied decoration has far more than a passing resemblance to the late Michel Saunier's model.His build is shown on MSW and Gerard Delecroix's forum.The quality of the castings is far greater than the one's you get in a current Mantua group model.It also includes some very fine photo etch details for bow and stern.

The biggest issue is that whilst the bow and stern are done well, everything in-between needs a redesign if you want a model that follow's French practice of the period. The gunport spacings are wrong, the deck Sheer is wrong and all the decks are enclosed on their ends, these would have most likely been open.

When the marketing video first appeared it stated 1/65, now the box and catalogue state 1/72?? So which is it? Working from the height between decks, this works out at 1/65.You cannot work from the model's length, the design for some reason has been shortened and the model is far too short for either scale.Given that the original is stated as having a length (gun deck) of 160 French feet, this model is at least 100mm too short.

It is my intention to redesign the kit's false keel to make the model the correct length and space out the kit bulkheads to compensate.The last few bulkheads at bow and stern will remain stock spacing as not to interfere with the kit decor.I am hoping that this "stretch" shall maintain the hull profile and just make the transition of curves a little more gradual.

I have already started to draw out the revised side view of the ship and have enough information established to start on the keel.The picture below shows the kit keel dry assembled on top of my work in progress drawing.In the next post I will show the extended version

Kind Regards

Nigel

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Hallo my friend,
sorry for the late post, I was travelling today, so was not online until now.
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Birthday-Cake
 
Thanks again for all the Birthday wishes, now back to the build.

I have cut the lower ports out on the starboard side and started the slow job of lining.As always there are slight discrepancies in the heights athwartships and I plan on dialling these out as I go, either by shimming or cutting.The ports will act as the datum for my Wales and further ports so I want these as close as possible.

Another thing I have debated is the interior.I have decide not to line the hull interior below decks in that the financial outlay does not justify what it will add to the model.Not helped that my annual energy bill is four times what it was last year!!!

I do still plan on fitting out the cabins though due to the large windows.

Kind Regards

Nigel

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dockattner said:
Why does everything you do look perfect?

Oh, I know. Because it's perfect.
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Thanks Paul but perfect no and to be honest, your work on Vasa as a first build is a far bigger achievement than my work on this.Remember, I have been dipping in and out of this hobby for 35 years. There are two modellers I aspire to but will probably never achieve their standards in my lifetime.Both do achieve clinical perfection in their work.

Kind Regards

Nigel
 
Thanks Guys:)

Daniel, I had it worked out in my head, putting it into words, not so easyROTF They say a picture is worth a thousand words;)

Kind Regards

Nigel
 
With all the cills in both sides on the lower gundeck I have now started on the heads.The spacer is 12mm, exactly the correct height for the gap and it runs through both sides of the hull allowing me to fit the heads to both opposite ports at the same time.

Once again these are packed or the opening trimmed if required.This technique means the it is not critical that the cut openings are perfect, it allows room for adjustment and this will all be covered with the final layer of planking.

Kind Regards

Nigel

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