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Hi all a small update, everyone was telling me the sails should not be billowing in different directions, contrary to the instructions and the fact that the sails are vac formed and can only but put on that way, I decided to make sure its right I would do the fore mast sail furled.
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Hi all well I'm as excited as a flea on a dog,,,,,,,,,, they've arrived and I see no other problem to finishing this(famous last words) out all day today but will post pics later, I am so happy.
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Just. Thought when I lit mine I lined the inside of the hull with tinfoil (not to block light out but to reflect it so I needed less leds) but it did have that effect you could line anywhere you didn't want light escaping with foil (I used double sided sticky tape to stick my foil with) just an idea.
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Just to mention since I got to the stage of rigging my masts you ought to glue the rear deck to the middle and glue them in the hull before you do the final tensioning of the rigging as when you put it in the hull unless both sections are at exactly the same angle in the hull either the mast will be bent or the rigging will be slack. Don't know if I've explained it properly.
- Piet, BenF89, popeye the sailor and 2 others
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Hi all well now, now that I've started making them they are sending replacements, isn't that typical
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Hi mark no I didn't but since they sent the first lot ok, they obviously understood my english then.but thanks for the tip.
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Well I decided to have a go at making the missing parts and after 2 hrs and on my third attempt, this is what I have
I'm quite pleased with it, its a bit crude but when its installed I dont think it will notice too much.I know one thing I will never buy another heller kit. its not the kits (the kwak apart) they are great kits I've loved the La Reale, its their complete ignorance I've sent 2 emails just asking would they let me know even if they are going to send the parts, not one single reply to 8 emails, now I call that down right rude. I intend to send one more email informing them that they are not the only kit manufacturer out there and if they treat all their customers the way they have treated me I wont be the only customer they loose.(since they obviously ignore emails it probably wont do any good but it will make me feel better) You don't buy model kit and expect to have to make the parts yourself. Rant over so only 15 more of these babys to make
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Hi all I've just emailed heller explaining to the person who dealt with the parts problem last time that I am a member of several forums that this build is posted on, and that it doesn't look good on Heller's part when I can't say when the build will restart.But I've had a great idea, I love the sleek lines of the hull, what if I put some rockets on the side and turned her into a space galleon.
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Well I'm not sure what's going to happen with the La Reale I've contacted heller several times but no reply, the 32 oars I do have couldn't go all on one side said some are different so I can't put them all on one side and display it that way. Not sure I can be bothered with displaying it in dry dock being refitted (lot of work involved and I will always know she's not complete) too big to keep hanging round, maybe time to bite the bullet and stick her in the spares drawer. All I know is she's taking up valuable room, not sure the missus will let me scrap her but, I am rapidly losing interest in her.
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Glad you got it sorted I was going to suggest doing it as a waterline model. PE is really frustrating stuff but the difference it makes is phenomenal, I hate the stuff with a vengeance but find I am nearly always inexorably drawn to using it, you do know it was invented by a group of optometrists to boost spectacle sales don't you.
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Hi all was looking at this today and noticed the mast was bent.
so I thought how can I fix that and a cunning plan developed.first break the top of the mast off then drill out a hole in the top of the mast and insert brass rod then reglue the top on
since this pic I decided I dont like the fore mast sail so have removed it was thinking of removing the main sail as well but my missus says no, what do you think would they have had one sail down and not the other or would they both be up or down.
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Hi all here is as far as i can go its the side arms for her
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That hole in the stern has a brass flagpole in the centenary edition (that's the one I was building).
- popeye the sailor, mtaylor and GLakie
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Hi I've done a bit of research and revell do a kit of this with the sails that way and I've seen other build of this kit with the same configuration so I havent decided yet I am either going to leave it as is or remove the sails altogether and have the oars down.
talking of oars, this is on the back burner again
as you can see from the parts list sprue 17 and 18 say 2 sprues sprue 9 and 9a are listed together with a sprue count of 2 I stupidly didnt count the number of oars on the sprues (there are 16 oars on each sprue) so the 2 on the parts list means 2 of each 9a and 9 (why didnt they list those to sprues separately or say 4 on the parts count, so now I have to go through the rigmarole of contacting heller again and waiting for the parts, this really is putting me off ever buying a heller kit again, I mean are all there kits like this, I dont think much of the're quality control if they dont even bother doing a sprue check on the contents of a kit. -
Yes I had some confusion over that the pic on the box art shows them both billowing the same way, but the written instructions and the diagrams both show the way I have it also the vac formed sail has to be that way the only way I can make it billow the same side is to hang it upside down.
any way thought I would have a break from the rigging so decided to do the steps, they are supposed to have hand rails but they were so fine one was snapped on the sprue and one broke cutting it off the sprue so will have to make a couple out of copper wire
- Jason, popeye the sailor and archjofo
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Hi all here is tonights episode
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Hi all well I'm back on it and here is todays offering
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Hi all I've just realised there are 24 more tassles to make for this kit, its becoming an epic build not sure I'm not sure it will be finished in my lifetime.
- popeye the sailor and hexnut
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Hi all yippee one mast and sail done.
- hexnut, dgbot and popeye the sailor
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The white star buff will always be a mystery, to all but you are doing great work regardless.
- GLakie, popeye the sailor and Piet
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Thanks for the tip, should I allow the glue to dry first before rigging or rig while the glue is wet.
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