Erik A

very interesting question. i had hoped my son would follow me in my interests and to a degree he has and in some cases exceeded my lofty highs. I started him kayak fishing when he was about 5. he would sit in the back of my kayak and fish while i did the hard yards. as he got bigger i ended up getting him his own kayak and we went out together but i would take a tow rope for when he got tired. then he introduced his friends to the sport and they would go out together and now (hes 28) he and his bestie have a you tube channel on kayak fishing and he catches way more and bigger fish than i ever did. i also wanted him to do indoor rowing as hes a big lad (6 ft 5 and 110kg) he was never interested but while he was down in antarctica he took it up to keep his fitness up. while at home he is a regular gym goer to a strength gym and did a lot of power lifting. and lastly he has recently taken up running which is out of the blue. i recently stopped running due to back issues ie severe osteo arthritis and my surgeon advised not to do any impact sports. he also does things like making live edge coffee tables, mounts fish skulls and an assortment of other eclectic hobbies. he also has a green thumb and his house is full of rare plants. hes a builder by trade. all you can do is encourage them to participate but not to be offended when they dont want to. sometimes they come around but other times they do what they want to. as long as they are happy then its all good. my daughters are a different kettle of fish. eldest is real arty and my youngest is a natural athlete that chooses to not do any sports these days

I currently only have one which is of course the HMS Victory. I did however get with the book a complete set of the plans blown up to A1 that the previous owner had done when he got the book from visiting the actual Victory. these will be very helpful when rigging finally gets underway

great news. of course you know that you will expand to fit the available space in a short time. its a known phenomenon

be interested as well. Setting up for retirement. a few of years away yet but i am building my mancave/office/ hobbies room and now my son is back from Antarctica will progress a lot faster. want it complete by the time my daughter visits for a month in feb. Sigh.... too many projects on the go means i cant spend much time doing the build. plus the weather on the weekend is usually wet and of course work is mental and has been for a couple of years now. 3 years to go for a project and when it is complete im retiring. at least from mentaly stressful work. will probably pick up some menial work just to keep me occupied

Very Nice. thats what i am going to do with mine as well once i get around to doing it.

Im a puzzler and have over 100 puzzles. mostly scenery, art masters and sea subject such as the bombardment of Algiers which i have as a 3000 piece and a 9000 piece. I tend to do nothing less than 1000 piece and i have several 5k, 6k, 8k, 9k and a 24k and 42k puzzles. @ Hamilton. there is a 3000 piece available here for $20. but they dont know if its complete.

LOl customers. i also have stories that would curl your toenails. but the customer is always right. unless they are so wrong its stupid and you wonder how they managed to live this long

one of these, probably the Anatomy version is on my list to get. just have to finish my current set of on the go models first

Thanks. a good review

been watching the build vids of this ship on youtube and was quite interested to see what it looked like etc. i have also been watching the Prinz Eugen. its a bit of a toss up between the two to be honest. the missouri is bigger but the shape etc of the Prinz Eugen is very nice (the Germans built exceptional ships in my opinion). will come down to the detail bits although the Prinz Eugen is quite a bit cheaper 550 pounds V 750 for the Missouri

I went through the process of buying this kit to see what the freight to New Zealand would be and it remained as free freight. Is this correct

hmmmm where is the detail regarding the lighting kit? does it come with it or is it an added extra.? nothing on the AL site about the lighting kit

i am a victory fan and while i have one under construction currently (De Agostini) i will be saving my pennies for this one i think. i did like the look of the Occre one but this with the cutaway and individual decks plus the price point has peaked my interest.

thats an interesting comment why is that? i have a couple of AL ones that i am doing and find them to be ok in terms of instructions and buildability. @BurgundyModels i started in a similar fashion to yourself. i had been interested in doing a wood ship build after many years as a plastic model maker (all be it in my Youth). i saw a new release Vasa from De Agostini and thought that would be my start. however once i saw the build logs i backed down pretty quickly and ended up with the AL endeavour longboat as my first build (still in progress) mainly as im from New Zealand and the history we have with Capt Cook. life got in the way a bit and it went into dry dock for a while. then i got back to it and also managed to pick up the De Agostini Victory for a bargin. started that as well and again life got in the way and both ships in dry dock. finally got life under control and then i had a spate of buying bargins and getting ships given to me for nothing. i now have 21 ships in the queue. a mixture of big warships, small dory/longboats, midsize ships and even a couple of half ships and a ship in a bottle kit. one thing i will say is that while Billing Boats put out some kits the instructions are pretty sparse so really aimed at the experienced model builder. AL i find ok with pretty good instructions De Agostini do good instructions as well. most of the other kits i have are blue jacket and it seems that the person who had them before i got them must have taken all the instructions out to read and didnt put them back so they might be a bit of a struggle. i am pretty busy with work and stuff so i have fits and starts in doing the builds. will be interesting to see what you do next

I also have an early model Danmark with no fittings kit. Had a chat with billing and they don't make the kits to sell any more so contacted the rep in NZ and they also don't have it. Been looking online and nothing. My one saving grace is that I have the kit list and I also have 2 models of the Danmark. One with the kit and one without so I can use the second kit to build up another if I decide to build both kits