L'Occident
by Paul Helfrich

1/400 L'Occident (Heller)

Here's another small-scale model from Heller; the sail/steam ship L'Occident. The tit is fairly simple, but the looks improve considerably with some rigging.

I find these sail-to-steam transition era ships interesting. As you can see, I emulated the paint scheme of the box art.

The dimensions of the model seem to be compressed from those of the actual ship - not uncommon with these small kits. The Heller Bireme kit I finished recently was also a bit on the short side.