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  4. wyapa
    Hey everyone, wanted to provide a quick update. I did manage to find a ship I was happy enough with to purchase. I'm going to be doing some restoration to it and would love to know where to get started. From initial glances, I would need to fix the stern ornaments and replace some of the broken deadeyes. I'm mostly looking to make it look fairly clean/nice. I would also love thoughts on the ship as well :). Also thank you for all the information you've provided so far.
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    Not at all. I'm learning a lot by just being here. The community here is much more receptive to teaching new comers than other ones I've tried asking in. This makes sense. Is there a good way to assess that from pictures?
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    I'm looking primarily for a Sovereign of the seas model. I'm willing to spend about 2-3k for a built model. With some research I was able to notice the quality difference between a gift shop model and a proper model as below. I would lover to get some thoughts on the models below. My main goals are to - get a ship that doesn't have as many quality draw backs - Get the most bang for my buck I'm willing to compromise on quality that's hard to spot. For ex - - if the superglue was used inside the hull, I'm ok with that but if the ornaments are badly cut, I would want to avoid that - some historical inaccuracy if it's a single exhaust port is different but not the wrong number of gun ports https://www.etsy.com/listing/1602674472/sovereign-of-the-seas-1637-handcrafted?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=sovereign+of+the+seas&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&frs=1&cns=1&search_preloaded_img=1&organic_search_click=1 https://www.etsy.com/listing/275229430/sovereign-of-the-seas-1637-ship-model?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=sovereign+of+the+seas&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&pro=1&sca=1&organic_search_click=1
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  15. wyapa
    Hello all! I've recently begun looking at model ships. I decided to buy a model ship as a reward for hitting a personal goal and finally the day has some. However, when I started researching, I learned the mass produced ships lack in accuracy and quality and have begun to look at different buying options. I don't have the time to build one from scratch but would love to buy a "decent" model ship and learn how to do some smaller items like rigging. Is there a recommend guide to buying fully built kits or should I just add links to perspective ships and listen to different opinions?

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