Ronald-V

Looks like a nice kit to build! Wish you a lot fun building this model

Great to see another Sphinx! I wish you lots of fun building it. 💫

And like Pirate Adam said...keeping a buildlog can be very useful! 🙂

Very nice! ✅

Well done! Congratulations on finishing such a monumental task. Looking good

Somehow your model looks way bigger with all the details then the 1:78 it is. Very well done!👌

In my opinion, it's largely the type of wood used in combination with the varnish/oil that gives it the look. (Since almost everyone sands well enough as a prep treatment). A bit of a general answer, but the question is also kinda broad

I love the flow of these planks, looks like a really nice hull to plank👍

You will learn a lot with how the planks behave on this particular hull!

Oeh that will be so nice 😁🫠 Looking forward to see it closed!

I don't think you will be able to verify such small details...and it comes down to what you like/find beautiful. Maybe there was a general practice with shipbuilding and trim edges, who knows. Coincidentally, I was discussing this with someone yesterday...that it won't even really be visible in the final result unless you really pay attention. But even then, it probably won't be...damn, look at that stupid butt joint over there😆. No, I see it more as an interesting challenge to make a small part of the ship beautiful, or as best as I can within my capabilities. If you do that as often as possible (and as long as it's still fun), I think you'll end up with a very nice overall result. And whether that little thing stands out or not in the final result...it doesn't really matter. If you can enjoy making something in the moment, then I think it's already achieved its purpose. When I bought this ship, I thought...if this is going to be the only show-stopper I make...to the best of my ability, and work on it like I have endless time...let's see how far we get. So that's kind of my approach (also to justify the high cost of the kit to myself, because they are not cheap for me ). By the way...now that I've made considerable progress with the build, my thoughts are starting to wander to what I'd like to build next, but that will happen naturally. I'm still a long way from that! And again...thanks everyone for taking a look and liking...I really appreciate it!

Welcome back

My condolences for your loss...and wish you all the strength to get through this difficult time 🙏

Welcome to MSW! I really like your topic title Ship modeling is indeed a hobby you have to experience to get better at (with many things, of course), and it sounds like you've already learned a lot with your first model! You've already made it beautifully. I hope you enjoy reading and building here.

The quality of this new generation kits is so high! Great to see