The Caldercraft HMS Victory has to be the very best kit available for that ship. You must be very excited to build it! I finished La Couronne by Corel (heavily modified) and and working on HMS Sovereign of the Seas, a true challenge. I wish you the best of luck and a wealth of patience building your kit into a striking work of art and inspiration!
Oh wow! I would love to have a go at this, but I have nowhere to put it when its finished - its huge! In fact another 3 inches and it would be as long as I am tall - lol Thanks for the unboxing vid though - makes me know for sure that this will have to remain a dream rather than a reality for me. You are gonna have enormous fun building this.
You’re voice has the sound of someone thinking “oh crap, what have I gotten myself and over $1,000 of my money into?” Lol. I can’t wait till I feel like that when I finally feel like I’m ready for that kit.
You have bit off way more then you can chew. Sorry to tell you ,that this ship is for a museum only build. I started a 200 scale ship of the line WASA and only got half way. Have patience that is the key to this big job. Good luck sir. FromOhio
How do you know what he is capable of? It’s not rocket science. As long as you take your time, do lots of research, and be prepared for mistakes and not get frustrated when they happen, it’s entirely doable. There is tons of online video content of this kind of model building compared to what it was like 40 years ago when I started, which was none obviously. My neighbor I grew up with got me into ship model building and he was really good, but he always discouraged me by saying things were too difficult for me and I wasn’t capable. In retrospect it was fueling his ego because he was a couple years older and knew I really looked up to him. His knocking me down set back my model building by years actually. He had me convinced I couldn’t do it so I gave up. It wasn’t until I was in my early 30’s that I tried again and I discovered he was full of it. Never discourage people my friend. It serves nobody any good. 😢
Finished this excellent model last year. I purchased the Period Ship Handbook by Kieth Juliet ( it has Victory on the cover). He gives some really helpful advice on the build.
