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    Hello dear friends ! L'Ambitieux is still going on, at his pace. I did a few things these last couple of weeks. At first I corrected the shape of the bow. Then I installed the "porte-haubans", maybe the word is "stay shelf" in english ? I made various superstructure elements ont the third deck: some ladders ("echelle des gaillards" and the ladder of the crew), "bitton de grand hunier" and "bitton de petit hunier", the "bossoirs de capon" (the horns at the front of the ship), the chemneys. Concerning the chemneys, those of the kit were very acceptable, I only had to drew a real hole and treat them with "tourmaline". (a product that oxyde and blacked the metal) I also installed the bell, made the ladder and the protections for the outside hull, and now, I'm installing all the gunport mantlets. I try not to dive too deep into detail, it's really a different work compared to my SR but it's very rewarding to see the model progress, and I really like the overall look. The purpose is not to have an educational model but a good rendering of the image of what a great ship of this time should have looked like, at sea. As always, I'm very thankful for the "likes" and comments, it really pushes me forward !
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    I love this sentence: "we are given to know our chidren during childhood only for a couple of years, then we know them as adults for the rest of our lives." These few years when they need us are so precious and important that we have to do as much as we can during this period of time. Sport, games, educationals, time together, help them with their lives... With our jobs it's not always an easy thing, and modeling sure is not a priority compared to that. I also hope your ankle will be alright ! Concerning L'Ambitieux, I sat them down a few days ago. I intended to make a post when all the gun ports would be completed but I just took a couple of photos I can show you.
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    Congrats ! Love the paintwork !!
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    Hi Marc! I understand so well how frustrating it can be to be kept away from the workshop, but family is a priority and comes before everything else. We will wait patiently for you to be able to return to work. The latest progress is fantastic as usual ! All my encouragement for the next steps ! ☺️
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    Wow, what a great result Victor !! I hadn't seen this model ! I really like the color rendering, the ship is very elegant. The water lines are much more convincing this way. Are you working on a new model again? I would love to see another one! Cheers, Marc
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    I'm still here ! I'm just struggling with the global organisation of my familiy, my job, my sport, but I've fixed a lot of things and life is much easier now than a few years back. Here are some news of L'Ambitieux, I quite like the general shape of the hull. The colors are very saturated in the pictures, in real the red is duller, and the yellow is lighter. It's a small progression but the build still goes on.
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    Thanks ! I would have loved to see another model by Victor !! Yes, I immediatly knew there was something to do with these great carvings when I saw the add at the time. The kit didn't disappoint, of course there was a big amount of work to assemble the pieces together correctly but it was worth it !
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    It's my pleasure to share what I know and it' very rewarding to see builds like yours ! You've made yourself a huge work and you are producing one of the very best models of the Soleil Royal !
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    Hello dear friends, a friend of mine came home a few days ago and we took some nice shots of L'Ambitieux. It's not as advanced as I hoped to show you, but they are still nice photos so I share them with you. Not that bad for a kit made by Altaya ! The designers of the kit really made a good job. The goal is to finish the hull of this one before I go back to the Soleil Royal. Let's hope it will be soon...! 😅 Anyway thank you very wuch for the "likes" and the kind words, it means a lot to me.
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    Hello Marc ! It's incredible how many details you put in this build ! Really a source of inspiration ! Love it !!
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    Thank you very much Mark !! Yes I'm still here, here, or not very far ! 😂 Soleil Royal will be back soon after I complete a few things on L'Ambitieux.
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    Some new shots from the painting stage with a lighter color. I had to make a mix of several paints to find a color I'm happy with. Now, I may do some light weathering.
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    I had a complicated year, one of the problems being a flood in my workshop... I had to wait for a few months before I could make a new ground and work again on the model. Everything is fixed now, and the Ambitieux is now at the painting stage. I really like how it looks now, and it will still improve when the painting is over.
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    What a wonderful job you've made recreating this ship !! It's very inspiring !!
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    Thanks to both of you ! Yes, there is a lot of little invisible work required before everything fits correctly... The elements of the hawseholes are done.
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    So, what I use for a patina is this colour by Citadel. Diluted with some water, and then a final step of light brush with the yellow. Here are two pics with the patina before the final brushing. I'm currently working on the bow. I had to correct the positionning of the elements.
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    Very impressive for the shaping and sculpt of the "jambette" (don't know the proper word in english) I mean the last pic. 👏
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    Hello Vic ! In my humble opinion the gold you used for your models is goegeous ! I will show what will use for this model in my next message
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    Thanks to both of you ! Yes, the kit is very impressive. I immediatly thought it was a great kit when I saw the add and had the first issue with the parts, but this feeling is even better day after day building this ship. Concerning the chase ports they are supposed to be done, I just did not make them yet.
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    Yes it will receive a patina, maybe something like this:
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    Thanks Marc !! Concerning the blue, it's quite hard to tell. But yes, it would be something like this one below. Here are also some general shots. I hope you like them !! I find that it reproduces quite faithfully the images of the engravings and paintings of the time... Which is the purpose of this model. Not to give all the details of a construction but to reproduce the overall image that this type of ship could give. Anyway, it's nice to have a model that progresses quickly !
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    For the rudder fittings I really hesitated to use what the kit provided...... To go faster... But it was still a little too disproportionate and it didn't require so much effort to redo, so I redid. The stern is finished, I'll do some shots tomorrow. In the end I'm pretty happy with what I managed to get out of the parts, there were quite a few modification, but the image is quite faithful to Berain's drawings and the general impression is really nice !
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    I continue working on the stern and I did little improvements. I focused too much on the contour of the galleries and I didn't pay much attention to the alignement of the different elements inside them. Making all this fit correctly is really a pain but it's worth it, The final result will not be perfect but I think it will be nice enough.
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    Wow, congrats for the face, smile, and toes at this scale !!
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    Thanks Marc ! You’re right, following the manual would have been quite easy but the result was not there. Modifying the structure to make the shape correct made the assembly much more difficult but it was worth the time and work ! The metal parts are really awesome, they are really close to the drawing and the sculptures are marvelously done… 😃

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