Hi Kaledonia welcome
firstly length 1052mm height 289mm beam 150mm scale 1:250
degree of difficulty 2 anchors compared to Victory 4 and a wee bit & Surprise is 5
The downloaded instructions really are step by step & along with Tomicks official diary u should not have any problems
Jinks has got a good diary with plenty of pictures
The quality so far of parts i think are good
The beauty of using wood & metal is if u do make a mistake it can be quite easily rectified by resanding refilling repainting unlike plastic kits
Things u r not sure about ask on the forum as someone will be good enough to reply & keep u right
Welcome board (i hope) to quote Capt Jack Sparrow (forum member not Johnny Depp)
"go on go on u know u really want to dontcha go on