4/13/2020 The COVID 19 pandemic is on and my wife and I are sequestered at home for the last 33 days now. Tough times, but we are doing well.A rather longer build log of my Soleil Royal can be found HERE.
I have created a 12 minute video of my build HERE
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The finished pictures are HERE.
A few days ago I received this very nice wood ship model kit from China of the Soleil Royal in 1/70 scale. It's advertised at 1/90 but that's incorrect based on the length of the model (41.4 in) vs the actual ship length (200 ft). This will take in the neighborhood of 2 years to complete. Here are some pictures of my completed model:
Here are some pics of the box contents:
Just an insert here. The model is marked as 1/90 scale, but by my calculations it is closer to about 1/70 scale.
| SOLEIL ROYAL SCALE | ||||
| FULL SCALE | MODEL | SCALE | MODEL SCALE | |
| FEET | IN | FEET | ||
| TOP GUN DECK | 28 | 2.33 | 74.68 | |
| UPPER GUN DECK LENGTH | 26 | 2.17 | ||
| LOWER GUN DECK LENGTH | 25.5 | 2.13 | ||
| GUN DECK | 174.25 | |||
| LENGTH OF KEEL | 151.25 | 25.75 | 2.15 | 70.49 |
| BREADTH | 47.00 | 8 | 0.67 | 70.50 |
| RATIOS | ||||
| TOP GUN DECK/BREADTH | 3.5 | |||
| UPPER GUN DECK/BREADTH | 3.71 | 3.25 | ||
| LOWER GUN DECK/BREADTH | 3.1875 | |||
| GUN DECK LENGTH SHOULD BE | 29.66 | 2.47 | 70.50 | |
| LENGTH OF KEEL/BREADTH | 3.22 | 3.22 | ||
| KEEL LENGTH SHOULD BE | 25.74 | 2.15 | 70.50 | |
| GUN DECK/KEEL | 1.15 | |||
| GUN DECK LENGTH SHOULD BE | 29.67 | 2.47 | ||
| MODEL SCALE= | 1/71 | |||
| LENGTH | ||||
| CANNON LENGTH | LENGTH | |||
| SHOT WEIGHT | CALIBER | MODEL SCALE, MM | FULL SCALE, FT | |
| 4 LB | ||||
| 6 LB | 6.00 | |||
| 12 LB | ||||
| 18 LB | 43.00 | 20.31 | ||
| 26 LB | ||||
Here are photos of significant tools I used:
Here is information and photos of aftermarket items I used:
These sails worked out perfectly. I ordered them from HiSModel
Hatches, rope, blocks,cannon barrels and cannon carriages I ordered from Syren.
The display case came from Houston Display Furnature – I can no longer find him on the web so he may have gone out of business.
Cannon barrels and carriages from Syren.
Ships boats from HiSModel
Flags printed on both sides from HiSModel
4 Atlas ship supports from Ebay
I got the 3-d printed laterns from Shapeways:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/FBPDDK5AS/1-24-scale-age-of-sail-stern-lantern?productConfiguration=69158618&etId=199020953&utm_source=automated-contact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=order-shipped&utm_content=2
Here is where the build is presently (4/13/2020):
4/15/2020 Adding the teak decking.
4/17/2020A few more photos from today. I'm modifying the two poop decks to look more like the museum model. The two aft poop decks look just too inclined to me (rather too steep for the crew to stand on and function), so I've decided to make them more parallel to the main deck. The museum model also shows these two decks roughly parallel to the main deck too.
4/21/2020
I have been working on this and have made some progress….
5/3/2020 Current state of the build…
5/13/2020
More pics…
5/24/2020
I've now added the gun port frames, done some finish work on the stern, and planked the lower hull. I next will do a finish sanding on the lower hull, paint the gunport frames red then proceed to plank the upper hull.
5/31/2020 I made a little more progress, the lower hull was finished with Gilders Asphaltum. The wales have bolts sumulated with beechwood toothpicks.
6/14/2020 Some more photos to update…
A few more pictures. I have finished planking both sides, but I still have a few upper wales to add. I've shortened the keel height by half and done some more work on the stern. I have replicated bolts in the wales by using IC-2000 carbon and rubber toughened CA and Aleenes Original Tacky Glue.
7-19-2020. Here are pics to show my current status on the build.
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