08-29-2005, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Current Project: Yacht Mary by Mamoli
Project Status: building the deck and hull fittings
Location: Belgium
Posts: 27
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Re: Building Hella HMS Victory
Cannot be of much help as my language is ...french. But having built both Victory and Soleil Royal, I can say that the Victory has got better instructions than the SR, especially the rigging instruction. You know the language used in the french version is pretty basic and the same words come back over and over again: so stick to it and you will be surprised after a while how much french you will learn. Besides as Heller tends to name the pieces by their number, this also should help.
Now please keep in mind that you are buildinig the crème de la crème of plastic kits, so it can't be over simplified too.
By the way, I saw in Holland a Heller Victory that had the entry ports modeled on. And I am pretty sure it came from some super-detailing kit. Couldn't speak to the chap who built her, but with a little research. I personnally would have like to medel them with the entry ports, but it took the easy way after I read an article in Scale Models that stated tha "it was not sure if there were entry ports at the time of the battle.
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