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  1. austristan
    Thanks, Don. Glad I'm starting off in the right direction and not messing it up from step 1!
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    This is my very first build and excited to get started. Did a full check of the pieces today and was missing a couple of items (update: great service from Nic at Blue Jacket with the one missing piece and one damaged piece having replacements on their way already). Heading off on vacation tomorrow but looking forward to getting stuck in once I get back. Is it normal for thicker pieces of laser cut pieces to require more significant cutting with the Xacto knife to get it out of the template? I was starting to get the stand out and it was taking a lot of time. Decided to hold off to make sure I was attacking it the right way before ruining step one of the build.
  3. austristan
    Hi everyone, I'm very much new to the model building world (it has been many, many years since I made some plastic models as a child) and looking forward to trying my hand at wooden ships. I'm planning on starting out with the Blue Jacket revenue cutter and just got it in the mail over the weekend. Although I'm not drawn to the intense historical research that many here have a big passion for and clearly a lot of knowledge about, I do enjoy learning about history in a more bite sized format (like this forum) so I very much welcome any feedback as I (hopefully) build a number of models over time. This group looks like a great resource and I'll be sure to get a build log started once I get underway as I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions along the way around best practices, interpreting instructions, etc. Regards, Tristan

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