Soleil Royal - ZHL 1/90 Scale by Paulb [COMPLETED BUILD]

After 18 months, the monster is finished. Actually I had a great time, the ship went together pretty much without any problems. The material and plans were first rate. The only thing I could fault is the castings as they aren't up to todays standards as fantastic results can be achieved with 3D printing. I am really happy with the result and it looks great in my display room. My more complete build log is here:

1/70 Soleil Royal – French Ship of the Line 1669 | Bishop Hobbies

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bishophobbies.com

On to the pictures….
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I'd like to take an opportunity and congratulate you on the completion of your beautiful model. It was a challenging but very interesting project, as the result, you are rewarded with such a wonderful model which will make a unique decoration to the place she will shine ON! Congrats!

BTW, what next??? Do you have a project in your mind?
 
Jimsky said:
I'd like to take an opportunity and congratulate you on the completion of your beautiful model. It was a challenging but very interesting project, as the result, you are rewarded with such a wonderful model which will make a unique decoration to the place she will shine ON! Congrats!

BTW, what next??? Do you have a project in your mind?
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Probably one of these:
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paulb said:
After 18 months, the monster is finished. Actually I had a great time, the ship went together pretty much without any problems. The material and plans were first rate. The only thing I could fault is the castings as they aren't up to todays standards as fantastic results can be achieved with 3D printing. I am really happy with the result and it looks great in my display room. On to the pictures….
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Outstanding work Paul
Congratulations for this beautiful achievement
paulb said:
Probably one of these:
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Very good work and my Congratulations for finishing your "monster"
We can see one wooden ship model kit from china - maybe we can expect this one?
 
Congratulations Paul. I too have this kit and will start after HMS Unicorn and USS Arizona. Tell me please, where did you get the Atlas figures? Many thanks.
 
Hi Paul

The ship looks great, as I said a few time during your thread. I have this thread saved. Will help me a lot in the future.

BTW, the mannequin on the last picture is dressed as.... What ?

And the words "Display room" plus that mannequin...... What else do you have there ???

Curiosity is killing me :-) :-) :-)

Cheers Daniel !!!




paulb said:
After 18 months, the monster is finished. Actually I had a great time, the ship went together pretty much without any problems. The material and plans were first rate. The only thing I could fault is the castings as they aren't up to todays standards as fantastic results can be achieved with 3D printing. I am really happy with the result and it looks great in my display room. My more complete build log is here:

1/70 Soleil Royal – French Ship of the Line 1669 | Bishop Hobbies

Scale Model Builder
bishophobbies.com

On to the pictures….
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Dematosdg said:
Hi Paul

The ship looks great, as I said a few time during your thread. I have this thread saved. Will help me a lot in the future.

BTW, the mannequin on the last picture is dressed as.... What ?

And the words "Display room" plus that mannequin...... What else do you have there ???

Curiosity is killing me :) :) :)

Cheers Daniel !!!
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Daniel - here are some pics of my display room. The first is the entrance, then clockwise around the room.IMG_2283.jpegIMG_2284.jpegIMG_2285.jpegIMG_2287.jpegIMG_2288.jpegIMG_2289.jpegIMG_2291.jpegIMG_2292.jpegIMG_2293.jpeg
 
That came out so well , Congratulations. The Soleil Royal is one of my favorite ships. Am tossing up between building the Artesania Latina or ZHL kit. Guess I have been worried about the standard of the Chinese / English translated instructions.
 
paulb said:
Daniel - here are some pics of my display room. The first is the entrance, then clockwise around the room.View attachment 279796View attachment 279797View attachment 279798View attachment 279799View attachment 279800View attachment 279801View attachment 279802View attachment 279803View attachment 279804
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WOW PAUL !!!!!

Somehow I missed this posting answering my request. Fortunately I have seen it now.

WOW WOW WOW That is amazing.

Are those radio equipment working or just for display. Sorry my ignorance on the topic, as I do not understand if they are old/vintage or not.

Congratulations for such a nice room. Amazing !!!

Daniel
 
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