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Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: August 18th, 2017, 8:13 pm
by kpnuts
Hi all well I've been building this for about a year now (well its sat for probably 8 months of that time)the kit itself is full of errors I've tried to correct what I can, I'm using real gold leaf on it. ive decided to do this as a waterline model (which as a bonus hides the error in the depth of the hull.
I can't see them storing the ships boats on the deck so I've put the pinnace in the water on a supply run, I intend to have some pulleys winching supplies onbaord
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: August 18th, 2017, 9:07 pm
by iggie
Nice!
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: August 19th, 2017, 7:04 pm
by gnomemeansgnome
Very cool.
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: August 20th, 2017, 12:46 pm
by MarkyM607
There appears to be a giant in the background!!
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: August 20th, 2017, 2:53 pm
by jssel
Really enjoy these ship builds
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: August 20th, 2017, 3:17 pm
by PaulBradley
Looks very nice!
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: August 25th, 2017, 7:03 pm
by kpnuts
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: March 18th, 2018, 10:14 pm
by kpnuts
Hi all well I've got this back out as Gandale (Alan on another forum posted an easy way to do the stays on this) (That's what's been scaring me from continuing this build) baring in mind this is my first attempt at doing them I'm quite chuffed with the result (obviously I've seen them done millions of times better but hey I can only get better from now on)
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: March 19th, 2018, 1:18 pm
by splash
Very effective they look great
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: March 26th, 2018, 8:23 pm
by Dazzled
Really eye catching but you must have a huge display space.......and an understanding missus
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: April 11th, 2018, 10:09 pm
by kpnuts
Hi all got this out to do some work on it. There seems to be a problem with the cheap paint I used on the base (Not had this problem before) the base started off dk blue but over time it seemed to go brackish
Which I didn't mind too much as it just looks like dirty harbour water but worryingly it is doing this from the edges and seems to be progressing inward
Do you think this will progress, if so should I stripp it all off (assuming I can) then start again, any suggestions.
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: April 12th, 2018, 2:06 am
by JohnRatzenberger
Are you sure the crew isn't just dumping waste overboard
It does appear to have changed from August until now. Is that paint over the acrylic wave patterns or underneath ? I'd try to slice off a dirty corner to see just what is happening - if it's the paint or the paint and the wave material. I ask because I put the water color onto the wooden base, then build up my water/waves with clear acrylic and then only paint on top of that is the whitecaps.
Re: Heller 1/100 soliel royal
Posted: April 12th, 2018, 6:27 am
by Clashcityrocker
Is it the paint or the bathroom sealant, (if that's what you used), that has discoloured?
It does look most realistic though
Nigel