[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all the flags on the main mast and the fore mast all have tassles on them, the instructions tell you to wind the gold thread round a rod or tube tie them then cut at the furthest point for the tie. well this is my best attempt out of ten

so, after hours of slaving at making a specialist tool for the job I came up with this.

yes I know it looks futuristic and exotic, and I know everyone will want one (especially at the special introductory offer of £50.00) I am expecting huge order numbers so please be patient, anyway here's how it works

a vast improvement on this

I think you will agree.

I will be taking orders for my new tool which I will be calling the Prongy (catchy name dont you agree) I can see lots of other useful ideas for it too hair combing, lock picking, raking the grass just to mention a few So get in first to avoid the rush.

[MARTIANS! Lighted 9" Star Trek Saucer Kitbash is Finished!]

Wow awesomeness

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all as promised here are some pics

I couldnt find any gold thread to make the fringe round the canopy or the tassles at the end of the flags, so this will have to do

what swmbo dont know cant hurt her Te Hee Hee.

Now I just have to duplicate this on the other side do the rest of the rigging on the main sail then do exactly the same on the front mast and sail.

[Airfix Royal Sovriegn]

Hi all did a bit on the gold on this side

[1/12 Honda VFR 750R]

Hi all well I'm calling this finished. I wanted it to look like it had been left out in a rain shower and the rain had dried on, so as an experiment I diluted matt varnish about 50% the used a tooth brush to flick rain drops on it, I quite like it and think it worked quite well.

and added to my growing collection

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all you may think I've given up on this but I assure you I've not, I've spent all week on the rigging (not enough to bother posting but enough to drive me insane (I don't remember all the Airfix tall ships I built giving me so much trouble), must be the destructions, hopefully some pics tomorrow. I've done some work on the Royal Sovereign and finished the Honda vfr 750 f but, by the time I've done it, it's too late to post.

[Airfix Royal Sovriegn]

Hi all decided to guild this side before I put the top guns in as it will be harder when they are poking out.

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all here is where I am now.

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all well I know some of you more used to rigging would probably have this much work don in ten mins but this represents several hours and lots of hair pulling and certain words of a not particularily pleasant nature.

[1/12 Honda VFR 750R]

blimey I take that as a great compliment, thank you so much.

[1/12 Honda VFR 750R]

Hi all nearly finished this one.

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Well I've done a bit on the rigging no pics as you wouldn't even notice what I've done, the instructions are so complex (even though I have English versions (I think that may even make it worse)) I have an idea I've gone as far as I want with this one.

[Airfix Royal Sovriegn]

hi all here is what ive done now

I wanted to see if what I'd done was worth the effort

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all I feel I'm getting there now (although this is the point at which it may get shelved (really not looking forward to the rigging) ) I'm sure you must all be getting bored of this by now.

[1/12 Honda VFR 750R]

Hi all here is tonights progress on this one (sorry just realised I didn't answer your question, it's 1/12)

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all here is tonights little bit

[Airfix Royal Sovriegn]

Hi all here is tonight update

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all back on this one too.

[Airfix Royal Sovriegn]

Hi all well back off hols and made a tentative start on this one

The kit comes with stubby half cannons for the lower decks( I may live to regret this but Ive decided to open up the gun ports and make some whole guns to put behind them, since they are below decks and you wont see much of them they wont need to be too detailed or accurate, and I am only doing one side as they would never do a broadside on both sides, I mean what admiral in his right mind would choose to take the risk of a broadside on both sides at the same time) also it means I've only got to make 30 guns and carriages. I also have to make part decks for one side.

[back from hols]

Hi all well back from Egypt got in at 2 this morning and back at work.

Holiday was great hotel brill staff brill, had a swim up bar we ordered our drinks went back to the sun beds and every time our drinks were empty they were refilled, didn't even have to order them they remembered our order, now you may think that's a problem, I mean what if we wanted a different drink, I said once could I have whiskey and lemonade instead of beer and next time he bought both and said which did I want (ahh that's the life)

We went to one of their evening entertainment and ordered drinks (there were hundreds there) a couple of days later we went to another one but there were no seats so we sat on a wall at the back, we didn't order drinks but the waiter bought over the exact same drinks we had two days earlier( I don't know how they remember) going back next year for sure temps were in the mid to hi 30s the whole time.

[Airfix Royal Sovriegn]

well I know I shouldn't as were off on hols tomorrow but I couldn't resist

Just wanted to see how it compared to the heller la reale and I think it is deffo as good, once I've added the black it will be stunning.

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all well here it is last build post on this before we are on hols

just one question, the rigging thread which\that(dont know the correct word) comes with the kit is off white, is that right, as the only rigging colour I've seen is black ( or at least it looks black) I thought they used tarred rope so that would make it black

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all here is where I am at on this now, wont get much more done as on hols soon, Yippee

[1/12 Honda VFR 750R]

Hi all I was hoping to finish this before my hols as a rat bike but I just dont think I will quite manage it.

[Heller 1/75 La Reale De France]

Hi all another update.