I am building La Belle Poule. ( If you see my thread below about the
Eagle, you can see the hull in the background of one of the pictures )
There are a couple of threads here where we discussed this ship.
Otherwise, there is not much info about her on line. As far as the kit
goes, I like it a lot. The pieces are well molded, and there is little
flash. Many parts do have ejector pin marks on them but they can be
cleaned up. The kit is molded in two colors, black and brown. There is
a set of vacuum formed sails ( yuk ) and a set of decal flags. My kit
did not include rigging thread but it was opened when I got it. The
directions indicate that thread is included. Also in the box is
Heller's loom for ratlines. Based on what I have seen in this forum, it
is useless. The directions are pictures only, no text. The rigging part
of the directions are useless.
At this point, I say get the kit. It is a very beautiful ship. I
sometimes think I am the only person in the world building it. So if
you get it, we can make it a two person group build.