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  1. Bill97
    Marc I know you did but Henry I could not tell from your build. Since you opened the side galleries did you create floors/decking inside for the two levels on each side?
  2. Bill97
    Baker in your solution what did you do with the two metal pins? Drill a pair of holes in the hull right at the top of the hatch? Do they show on inside of the cover. I plan to have my hatch covers open.
  3. Bill97
    Another great idea Baker.
  4. Bill97
    Thanks Henry. As you see above in the picture from my instructions all my corbels, regardless of size, are numbered 150. I will be following your direction, as well as my other friends, and do the four large in the center and the 8 small flanking the larger. Yeah Ian I seem to remember you recommending doing the hatch covers like that on my Victory. I believe I did follow your recommendation.
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    Marc that is my plan as well. Of course my plan very much resembles your’s! 😊 Hope you don’t mind my plagiarism! Here are my hatch covers so far with a couple fluer-de-leis appliqués setting in place. Still need some touch up painting and my making 112 tiny hatch eyebolts. I too plan to attach them much later in my build.
  6. Bill97
    Marc or Henry did either of you add any material to improve the cannon hatch cover glue service at the hull?
  7. Bill97
    Thanks Henry. Will surly let you know. Is that the way your kit corbels are as well?
  8. Bill97
    Thank you but I am not convinced that is completely true. 😊 We have our issues as well. This is a place you must visit if you have not already, and if it is still there! Have a great day.
  9. Bill97
    Baker I don’t know if I ever mentioned it to you but my daughter and son-in-law lived for 5 years about 3-4 hours south of you in Jurbeze. Little town outside of Mons. Three of our grandchildren were born there and hold dual citizenship. Visited them many times while they lived there. Absolutely love Belgium!
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    Gentlemen I checked your recommendation Baker and the 2-4 arrangement works fine. Problem solved. Since they are added under the balconies after the balconies are in place, I think I will go ahead and mark the undersides wherever the corbels go and scratch off a good line of paint so as to allow good adhesion. Thanks again Bill
  11. Bill97
    Excellent job men. Yeah Marc I went over the sprue trees several times. I have come to expect that with Heller. I really liked how with my Victory there was a parts list in the instructions as to which tree each part was as on. Thanks very much for the offer of mailing me a couple if needed. Baker I think you may be right and after I finish my morning coffee I am going to check to see if the 2 and 4 arrangement like your picture fits properly. I am sure it will. Thanks again. MSW comes through as always.
  12. Bill97
    Definitely 8 and 4.
  13. Bill97
    Marc do I just use the 4 longer ones (all I have is 4 #151) or do I attempt to try to make 2 more, or use 4 long and two short? I have 8 of the small and 4 of the large. I going to recheck the sizes.
  14. Bill97
    Henry I have a parts inventory issue. In the instructions the knee supports for the stern balconies are shown as 12 parts #150. I have scoured through my kit parts and only find 8 part #150 and 4 part #151. Looking through the instructions I don’t find where I would have, or will use 4 parts #151. The total of parts 150 and 151 is correct at 12 but 150 and 151 are slightly different in size. Did you have this same issue? If so what was your remedy? Also the two small statues shown in the instructions are numbered part #156. Did you have those. I have a pair that I think are those but they are numbered #63?
  15. Bill97
    Ladies and gentlemen ring the bells! All the cannons are installed and fully rigged! Wow what a voyage that was. For anyone building this kit who has yet to reach the cannon installation steps be advised this upgrade to what the Heller instructions direct is intense and time consuming, especially if you make all your own eyebolts and hooks and work with blocks absolutely no larger than 2.5mm. 2.5mm is actually a tiny bit to large. However the result of the upgrade is so worth it. I am now getting ready to start two different tasks, both of which will also be time consuming but very enjoyable. After my experience with the cannon rigging I have to work on these two tasks concurrently so as to take a break from one and work on the other, and back and forth. My next two tasks are painting all the stern and side galleries pieces to include all the decorations and figures. These will all be blue, gold, and gold leaf as is other parts of the ship. I opened the side galleries so I want to fabricate floors inside each where appropriate. My other task is constructing, painting, installing, and rigging the cannon hatch covers. Following Marc’s lead I will add an evergreen piece to the back of each scored vertically to resemble planks. The backs will be painted red with a fluer-de-lies placed in the center of each. The fluer-de-lies will be placed such that when the hatch is fully opened the fluer-de-lies will be right side up. Marc I have to admit I tried to mold and cast my own fluer-de-lies as you did but failed to come up with anything acceptable. Instead I was able to find gold 5mm fluer-de-lies appliqués on line I will be using. I will also attach two eyebolts to each cover which I will rig to the ropes already in place.
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    ERS Rich I am good with the mast and rigging. I fully rigged my Heller HMS Victory in accordance with Longridge’s book about Nelson’s ships. So I am good in that area and actually look forward to that part of the ship build. It really brings the ship to life. Over the years I have learned a lot of nautical terminology and use it in comments here on MSW but I know I still have a lot to learn for general conversation.
  17. Bill97
    OK the small cannons on the back decks installed and rigged. Now to the remaining 6 on the forecastle. Wow I hope I don’t see another cannon for a while. 😊
  18. Bill97
    Thanks again guys. All this information is very helpful in my decision making. As I mentioned I still have about a year on my plastic Le Soleil Royal which I am thoroughly enjoying. Something I really like about plans kits is the opportunity for color. Wood kits seem to drift more toward wood stain colors. See my recent build update photo below. Who knows I may end up just sticking with plastic kits.
  19. Bill97
    Well gentlemen thanks for all your comments and help. I thought I had made a decision as I said above. One of the reasons I wanted to build a wooden ship is my enjoyment of the appearance of fine woods. I have now discovered that the hull of the Amerigo VESPUCCI is puttied and sanded to a fine layer so that it resembles the metal hull of the actual ship. At this point I don’t know if that is what I am looking for. So back to studying over what wood model I will build next. Again thanks for all your comments.
  20. Bill97
    Woo! Good. Thank you Ian. Glad it is OK. I checked my Victory and saw I do not have in-hauls on my cannons. May have to get it out of the case and correct this error 😊
  21. Bill97
    I know this is a continuation of the issue of using 2.5mm blocks for the out-haul and in-haul tackles. I set the small cannons in so as to give some space between the front and rear blocks on the out-hauls. On the in-hauls I brought the blocks together and eliminated the planned ring in the deck ring bolt all in an attempt to get the in-haul tackle as short as possible. Even with doing that the eye bolt in the deck to accept the in-haul still needed to be placed very close to the hatch. Is this OK or would I be better served just eliminating the in-hauls? I am thinking since I have the out-hauls on the cannons I should have the in-haul.
  22. Bill97
    Gentlemen, call me crazy and a glutton for punishment, but at this point in time if I was to purchase my next build, I know what it would be. Based on my research of the product, the company, their customer care and assistance, and the simple fact I think it is an incredibly beautiful ship I would absolutely love to build and display. I have decided to build the OcCre 1-100 Amerigo VESPUCCI. It is double planked, roughly a meter long, rated in the category of their most difficult builds, and full of color which I especially like. OcCre also has loaded a complete series of YouTube videos to assist in the build. It will probably be about a year before I finish my Soleil Royal and make my purchase so there is plenty of time for you guys to slap me on the back of my proverbial head and convince me this may not be a great idea. 😊
  23. Bill97
    Small cannons on the two decks in the back in and rigged except for the in-hauls and fall coils. Now back to machine shop to make more hooks and eyebolts.
  24. Bill97
    Thanks OllieS. Being double planked is one of the things I like about the OcCre Endeavor. I think the little symbol on their page indicates it is double planked. I have also recently being interested in the OcCre Amerigo Vespucci. That looks like a beautiful ship. However not much history.
  25. Bill97
    Thanks Phil. I appreciate your encouragement. There are 2 now that I am looking at seriously. Will see how my decision process plays out.

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