Can anyone tell me what parts Z3, Z9 and Z10 are? For the top balcony I'm supposed to substitute some cast metal parts with Z10 and I can't find them anywhere.
Hi Paul I think Z3 is a block
Z9 and Z10 are the wood balusters for the railing. Z10 I believe are the small ones in the kit and those replace the cast parts. Hope pic helps
I so understood in the new version of decor from metal?I had one made of resin.The decor of the stern shells was cut out of the array.Separately and glued on sewn to the aft of the valance.And you have it hanging in the air.What is not good.I also sharpened the entire decor in thickness.The casting was too cumbersome.
Asking because at this point of the built you still have to move the ship a lot. So I was wondering if it was your decision to glued them now or you just followed the kit instructions.
I used epoxy and super glue. It is tough to move around. I guess I could have waited; my thought was/is to finish the hull take a break, then do the masts, rigging etc. I recall the instructions have you do the same. The break is optional.
The balconies just kept bugging me, so I had to tear some stuff out to re-align them. That's the nice thing about wood. It's not pretty, but I'm just building for me; paint and molding will cover it. The camera angle in the second photo mistakenly shows the top balcony askew.
Paul,
I am just building the Soleil Royal scratch stern model at the moment, and I steal lots of info from your building regarding the shape of the galleries. And I also found out what was my original problem with the hull shape - but way too late to correct it now. So my LSR will have 2 aft gunports instead of 4 (but I would not say it to anyone...LoL)
János