Oops.. Le Mirage! Pardon my French. Many of Corel's model choices have attracted by attention for years. I was thinking on building Corel's Le Mirage as a future build, but the hull shape has an unsightly bulge at midships, with flat areas for and aft of that. Not that this cannot be corrected, but the question is, where can information on the proper hull shape be found? I cannot find any internet information on Le Mirage. Did this ship actually exist?
The Russian builder Oleg Shaban who did this Corel Le Mirage did a masterful job and this is how the kit looks as-built, using natural wood for the color. I like Corel kits for their wood quality. The ships are a but small at 1:100 scale, but they offer 17th century ship models found nowhere else. Instructions consist of plans, with very little basic text instruction, assuming that you are already skilled at wood ship modelling. To use the rigging tables, you need to able to read Italian.
The Russian builder Oleg Shaban who did this Corel Le Mirage did a masterful job and this is how the kit looks as-built, using natural wood for the color. I like Corel kits for their wood quality. The ships are a but small at 1:100 scale, but they offer 17th century ship models found nowhere else. Instructions consist of plans, with very little basic text instruction, assuming that you are already skilled at wood ship modelling. To use the rigging tables, you need to able to read Italian.
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