Nick 843

Hi to all. Just joined here and want to introduce myself. Vanguard's Indefatigable arrives today, so that's a major reason for me joining, although I also have a couple of non-wood ship models on the go. I do a fair amount of non-wood modeling: plastic and resin, and including aircraft and armor. I also do some non-model woodworking stuff. None of this is meant to suggest that I'm good at it BTW. As far as Indefatigable is concerned, it will be my first wood model. So yes, I'm an enthusiastic noob who has overreached in terms of skill level, which is cautioned against in a post I read the other day about choosing your first ship model. I've seen the stats, but I'm going in aware of the challenge and betting that I'll see it through; feel free to lay your own bets on it LOL. I grew up on Hornblower and Aubrey and the period's history. I came across the Indy kit when a YouTube vid popped up about a week ago; by a YouTuber with the moniker Modelkit Stuff who did a full unboxing video. The kit looked amazing. I checked it out a bit more and bought it within a day or so. Anyway, I'm not thinking this will be a breeze. I bought in the knowledge that I have a serious learning curve on any number of aspects but it will be a while before I get to the first of them, so I can learn (at least in theory) in the meantime. I figure, on going through the construction manual (which is terrific) for a second time now (and slower than the first jump through), that I can get to around step 126 before hitting anything totally unfamiliar. In saying all of this and the last part in particular, I sure don't want to sound arrogant. I know the learning curve will be steep in various areas, and I'm sure I'll hit some difficulties and be scratching my head more than a few time, never mind the aspects as to which I'm completely ignorant. For steps 1-125, I only mean that those steps involve stuff that is generally familiar, with the exception that the medium is wood rather than plastic or resin; I don't mean that I dismiss it all as simple. If I get through them there will still be 821 steps for me to mess up, not to mention masting and rigging. I don't know what my timeline will be, although with Winter not far off and outdoor activities already tapering off, I'll have plenty of time between now and next Spring (not saying I'll necessarily finish by then). Cheers everyone. Nick 843