Its been a long time and Ive had so many other things to worry about, but I finally got back to building on this mammoth task. I must say that had I known at the start, that most of the hull would be made up of hundreds of "planks", I would not have started this boat. One thing that annoyed me was, the plastic hull parts are about 3mm thick and the planks are 1.5 thick. This was quite confusing as nothing seemed to fit cleanly. It was only when I reached issue 44 that the instructions said that another layer of planks had to be added. By this time I had, through sanding and filling, made the hull more or less uniform. Some of the cutting of the wooden planks is very intricate and is not for a novice builder. I think this should have been made clearer at the start of the subscription, as its really a master model makers job to make this boat presentable. The kit is on one hand, incredibly detailed with p.e. parts and plastic moulded parts and on the other hand, a hull made with wood with no detailing whatsoever. I will continue, but would warn others that this kit is not as easy to build as touted!
