Heller Royal Louis question

...Which leads me to another issue.... It would be a really cool thing if some model producer (like Revell, maybe?) would produce the Victory not only in her oft-repeated 1805 version, but also in her previous version (a' la Revolutionary War version).  I don't think this would be that big a deal, just cast the hull pieces with separate quarter gallery pieces like Heller does, add an extra set of the older version quarter pieces, an 'open' gallery piece and a different figurehead would go a long ways, and both versions could be included in the same box!  The rigging and spars wouldn't change much, though I think the spanker gaff and boom would get replaced with a lateen spar..... In this way, Victory could be portrayed as she spent most of her active career, and not just the Trafalgar version (and she was in a number of large battles before Trafalgar!)......

searat12 wrote:

...Which leads me to another issue.... It would be a really cool thing if some model producer (like Revell, maybe?) would produce the Victory not only in her oft-repeated 1805 version, but also in her previous version (a' la Revolutionary War version).  I don't think this would be that big a deal, just cast the hull pieces with separate quarter gallery pieces like Heller does, add an extra set of the older version quarter pieces, an 'open' gallery piece and a different figurehead would go a long ways, and both versions could be included in the same box!  The rigging and spars wouldn't change much, though I think the spanker gaff and boom would get replaced with a lateen spar..... In this way, Victory could be portrayed as she spent most of her active career, and not just the Trafalgar version (and she was in a number of large battles before Trafalgar!)......

How about Hawke's and Kempenfelt's Royal George in 1/144 0r 1/96 ?? (Just dreaming )

DD1 wrote:

Thank You enemeink, I appreciate it. I suppose in more general terms my question is: which ships can look reasonable in scale alongside Airfix "Victory" from the Heller range? "Royal Louis", "Le Superbe", or perhaps the "Le Phoenix". dd

without the bowspirit I measured out 14.75" for just the hull half or roughly 37.5cm. hope that helps.

DD1 wrote:

Thanks a million So it appears that the ships are very much of the same size: "Victory" is a centimeter longer. I think that will work. enemeink - are you going to post pictures of your in-progress work? How is the ship coming along? dd

I have been planning on it. I've done one for every ship that I've built this year. I haven't really painted the hull too much because I've been waiting to join the two halves and remove the seams. Which I started last night. I'll snap a picture and start the build thread so everyone can see. So far my only complaint is the guns. On the two larger sized guns you have to glue a small piece on to the tip of each gun. We're talking 1.5 to 2mm, why they couldn't incorporate that into the mold is anybodies guess.

 p.s. welcome to the forums

DD1 wrote:

Thanks :) How are you going to paint yours? All models of "Royal Louis" I have seen so far have the port stripes in a sort of a natural wood color. Most paintings of the French man-of-war (of the slightly later Napoleonic era) that I have seen show French ships with stripes of yellow ochre, or even reddish. dd

i have been using most of the piants that have come with this kit. i threw out the "oak" color that came with this kit because it was way to thin to use as well as the blue and red. so far I've stuck with a more natural tan color. which will get a little darker after i add a slight oil wash of burnt umber to bring out the wood grain. I've haven't seen any paintings that have this part of the ship a reddish color. I think that might just be the age of the paintings showing....

Excellent suggestions, gentlemen!  Please, please, please keep writing the manufacturers to let them know our desires and that sailing ship modelers are alive and well!

Bill Morrison

kapudan_emir_effendi wrote:

searat12 wrote: ...Which leads me to another issue.... It would be a really cool thing if some model producer (like Revell, maybe?) would produce the Victory not only in her oft-repeated 1805 version, but also in her previous version (a' la Revolutionary War version).  I don't think this would be that big a deal, just cast the hull pieces with separate quarter gallery pieces like Heller does, add an extra set of the older version quarter pieces, an 'open' gallery piece and a different figurehead would go a long ways, and both versions could be included in the same box!  The rigging and spars wouldn't change much, though I think the spanker gaff and boom would get replaced with a lateen spar..... In this way, Victory could be portrayed as she spent most of her active career, and not just the Trafalgar version (and she was in a number of large battles before Trafalgar!)...... How about Hawke's and Kempenfelt's Royal George in 1/144 0r 1/96 ?? (Just dreaming )

when i bought the royal louis i incidentally bought it in french so now all my instructions are all in french. can anyone help me out?

The picturs of my plastic sailing ship models can still be found on "photobucket.com".  My 1/150scale Le Glorieux by Heller is almost finished, and I will be rieturning to my 2nd. Royal Louis next.

helmro

when i bought the royal louis i incidentally bought it in french so now all my instructions are all in french. can anyone help me out?

the nice thing about these instructions is that there is not very much wording to them. in my instructions there is a page of english that translates the colors for you. but that's all i can recall. you can also use babelfish or google translator to  research the french to english translation.