The Secret of the Unicorn (Rackham's Pirate Ship)
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17 12 March 2022, 07:43
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So, I've been planning a major Tintin project to convert a Heller 1/100 Soleil Royal into a 1/72 Unicorn. The thing that's been holding me back has been the price of the Royal… usually in the $300 plus shipping range. However, as luck would have it, this week I stumbled across a deal I couldn't pass up - a partially incomplete kit on sale from a clearance centre for $100 plus semi-reasonable shipping. After carefully studying the pictures, I discovered that the missing sprue is basically a bunch of tiny fiddly bits I'm unlikely to need considering the major changes I'd be making. Of course, that's still a pretty major project, but it inspired me to drag out the 1/110 Bounty that I'm going to turn into a 1/72 Red Rackham's pirate ship. I had a lot of fun building an 1/72 Arabian Dhow out of a 1/100 Niña… so let's give it a whirl!
12 March 2022, 07:52
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Ah, it was this that I saw on the back of your workbench, behind the Sunderland
12 March 2022, 11:17
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Oh, watching. 👀
I wonder how do you convert 1/100 to 1/72 scale?
15 March 2022, 20:20
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Heh, WhiteGlint... 😉
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Basically I'm mainly going to upsize some of the items on deck... cannons, steering wheel, etc. to make it more in-line with a 1/72 scale theme. Not much I can do about the decking/planking per se, but the size and shape of the hull are more or less correct relative to the size.
15 March 2022, 20:33
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Haha, Ben. 😄 Simple, but ingenious 😉
Thanks Greg, I guess your 3D printer will probably come in handy for that. 🙂
16 March 2022, 09:15
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Wow... put her next to the 1/100 Soleil Royal... and she seems to shrink quite a bit. Still, it looks like the size is about right (or as right as it's going to get). I'm still at the tape dry fit stage trying to decide in what direction I want to push past the point of no return. I'm thinking a) the masts are big enough and b) I should extend the solid railing all the way around the hull.
17 March 2022, 19:36