So, I’m pretty happy.
No, scratch that : I’m super excited !
Back in the late 90s, Heller made a few wooden boats. Two series of three models stood out IMHO, KB7 and KB10 produced between 1998 and at least 2001, maybe 2002 - then they are gone from the catalogs :
Around that time, I was a teen, and my parents gifted me the Bisquine ( bottom right ) and I built it. Incredible experience. I’ve shown it on another post, I’ll do a dedicated post with decent pictures next time I’m around the family home.
My grand parents then gifted me the Thonier de Concarneau ( bottom left ). I messed it up, gave up, went on with my life, took it back up this summer '25. It’s an ongoing project which I can only continue when I’m at the family home, where I have enough room and tools to work on it. I actually have a topic dedicated to it. Next update, probably not before Christmas sadly. Putty, sanding, and painting time ahoy!
So I figured… Hey, let’s complete the collection, why not? Except it’s not sold at all anymore. Heller has changed hands, it’s no longer French but German, and those series are long gone. I found the Pilote ( bottom middle ) on the german ebay, too expensive, not delivered in France. Had to gave that one up. And then, out of nowhere, an opportunity : it appeared on a peer-to-peer second hand online market, decent price, very close to new condition, in France. WOOOOOOO!
So now I have the three “yellow background” models from the KB10 serie, and I can hardly contain my excitement. I won’t begin the Pilote de Saint Malo before 2026 probably, but I just want to drop everything I’m doing and go work on all those precious kits NOW !
It’s probably not a good idea, though 
Can’t wait.
