Hello everyone!
It looks like I will be getting HMS Race Horse as a birthday gift and I am quite excited to learn how to build wooden models. I have been building models since I was around 10, but mostly focused on plastic, metal, MDF, plywood, and resin ... and geared toward table top wargaming.
For this first build my goal is not to end up with something that is display quality, but instead actually construct a piece for usage in some of the war-games I play. This means its ok if the model does not end up 100% rigged, though that is my goal if I can accomplish it. The other concern will be cutting the model down to the waterline, or at least an approximation of the water line. My naive view of the plans and other build logs seems to indicate that this will actually make it a bit easier to plank as the bottom of the hulls seem like more complex curves for the wood.
I hope with this build I will learn enough to do a second of equal difficult, but focus on a display piece for my young son instead of a gaming piece. I am going to read up on all the race horse build logs I can find before starting.