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Ebay: Le Soleil Royal - Heller 1/100 Scale Plastic Model Sailing Ship

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Le Soleil Royal - Heller 1/100 Scale Plastic Model Sailing Ship

2300 pieces. Partially completed - most of the hull has been assembled. Deck has been scribed. Has all original parts. Height of completed model - 74cm or 29", length - 77cm or 30¼".

Original box has some damage to it but is generally intact.

I highly recommend that you do NOT bid on this item unless you are willing to pick it up. Being in a semi-assembled state, it could possibly be damaged if sent through the mail. I WILL ship it to anyone that wants me to (bidder pays all shipping costs), but I would be remiss if I did not caution you ahead of time.

History and details of the actual vessel

Three Masted First Rate Wooden Vessel Armament: 104 guns Built By: Brest, France,1669

Named in honor of the Sun King, Louis XIV, Le Soleil Royal was one of the most powerful ships of her day. As the flagship of the revitalized French Navy brought into being by Minister of Marine jean-Baptiste Colbert, she was sumptuously decorated with wooden carvings depicting a variety of motives emblematic of the French monarch. The hull was painted a royal blue highlighted by the wales, strakes, and additional embellishments in gold.

Details of the first decade of Le Soleil Royal's Service are obscure, but after her refit in 1689, she flew the flag of Vice Admiral Anne-Hilarion de Contentin, Comte de Tourville, Admiral of the French fleet.

In March 1689 , a French fleet helped James II land in Ireland in the first of several efforts to regain his throne. In July 1690, Tourville led a fleet of seventy ships out of Brest and on July 10, he met a combined English and Dutch force of fifty-seven ships off Beachy Head. Ordered to engage the enemy against a larger fleet, Admiral Arthur Herbert, Lord Torrington lost eight ships while the French lost none in a victory they called Béveziers.

On May 20, 1692 Tourville met an Anglo-Dutch fleet of eighty-eight ships off Pointe de Barfleur. Touville prevented his fleet from being encircled by increasing the distance between the ships. In the battle Le Soleil Royal was so badly damaged that Tourville was forced to transfer his flag to Ambiteux the next day. Ten French ships slipped away, but Le Soleil Royal, Admirable, and Conquerant were forced into Cherbourg where they ran aground and were destroyed by English fireships

Reply to
Bruce Duty
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I would also recommend you know what you are getting into- look again-

2300 pieces. This is a multi-year project. However, that being said, and having no idea what price it will fetch, I will say this. I am currently building this model. I believe this is the nicest kit I have ever worked on. The casting is absolutely marvelous. The casting marks (the prototype marks) on the smallest cannon are fantastic. The carvings are exquisite. Hellers cars and planes may be so-so, but their ship models are absolutely first rate.

Still, be aware that a sail>

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Don Stauffer

Lots of the Heller automobiles were tooled in Japan, I believe by Union. For thier time they were just as good as most of the stuff out there, excepting Tamiya.

As for the airplanes, I have to say, when Heller hit thier stride, thier kits were better and more varied than Frog or Airfix - and even Hasegawa until the they started recessed panel lines.

True, the decals were awful, and the interiors too.

Try to find a better T28D Trojan in 1/72 scale.

KWW

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news.verizon.net

Unfortunately, Heller's kit is a Fennec and doesn't have the correct canopy for a T-28. The kit also has those godawful locators molded onto the lower wings for the gun pods, just like their otherwise excellent T-6. :(

Reply to
Al Superczynski

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