Unfortunately I did not discover this fantastic community until I was almost finished with my CSS Alabama build (wow, there's some incredible talent out here). I am done now with my build but thought I'd post my pictures and comments from the 8 months of harrowing work. This was my first attempt at a wooden ship model.
Not sure why I thought I could do this since the only other models I've ever attempted were Revell plastic car models when I was a kid 50 years ago. But how hard could it be, right? It's just a kit, right? All you gotta do is follow the instructions and glue the parts together, right? Right, noob (as my son would say).
Even though I'm done now, I would appreciate any comments/tips/advice on what I could have done better as I'll be doing another one of these things soon.
Unfortunately I did not discover this fantastic community until I was almost finished with my CSS Alabama build (wow, there's some incredible talent out here). I am done now with my build but thought I'd post my pictures and comments from the 8 months of harrowing work. This was my first attempt at a wooden ship model. Not sure why I thought I could do this since the only other models I've ever attempted were Revell plastic car models when I was a kid 50 years ago. But how hard could it be, right? It's just a kit, right? All you gotta do is follow the instructions and glue the parts together, right? Right, noob (as my son would say). Even though I'm done now, I would appreciate any comments/tips/advice on what I could have done better as I'll be doing another one of these things soon.
