Scratch Built Ship Model 'Le Solein Royal'
 
Three Masted Vaisseau First Rate 
Hull: Wood 
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 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.