Received partially-built Corel Victory -- worth salvaging?

[SaltyScot]

I had a visit from an old friend today. We had kept in touch over the years and he had heard that I had moved to the area (he lives in Richmond VA). Back when we were in touch I knew that he built model ships, or at least showed a keen interest in them. At that time in my life I was working a 6 day job and didn't have the time to dedicate myself to anything remotely related to a hobby. He also heard I had retired and so decided to drop this off at my house this morning. He said he had started this build after a fairly successful first build but got bogged down very quickly and lost hope. He gifted me everything you see in the photos and told me I could try and finish it. I must say at first I was speechless!

 

 

 

What follows is what he has managed to get done on the build thus far. This kit has been sitting in his garage like this for the past 4 some years now. He gave me a brief rundown on what he had done to get this far, thanked me for taking it (he didn't want anything for it) and went on his way. Now I am no expert by any means but even I can tell this is going to take A LOT of work to get right. 

 

MY BIG QUESTION IS, IS THIS EVEN SALVAGEABLE? 😬

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ccoyle]

17 minutes ago, SaltyScot said:

MY BIG QUESTION IS, IS THIS EVEN SALVAGEABLE? 😬

 

It would probably take as much time to and effort to repair that model as to start over with a fresh kit.

 

P.S. Since you put up a question for discussion, I have moved your post to the kit discussions area.

[SaltyScot]

24 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

 

It would probably take as much time to and effort to repair that model as to start over with a fresh kit.

 

P.S. Since you put up a question for discussion, I have moved your post to the kit discussions area.

 Thanks. Can I edit the title or do you have to? There are a few too many letters up there at the beginning sir.

[Nirvana]

Mark, you can edit the title if you want to, otherwise let one of the moderators know what you like in the title, and we can change it.

Just double click the title and you can edit it.

[Keith Black]

 Sorry to say but the only use for that model is if you've had a recent Viking death in the family. 

[SaltyScot]

1 hour ago, Keith Black said:

 Sorry to say but the only use for that model is if you've had a recent Viking death in the family. 

 

I got a chuckle out of that Keith !

[ccoyle]

5 hours ago, SaltyScot said:

There are a few too many letters up there at the beginning sir.

 

Whoa, how'd that happen? Fixed now!