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Deagostini's HMS Victory is multi media partwork. Each issue comes with some parts and a magazine that contains both the instructions and some background history on both the ship and the period allowing you to become fully immersed in the build. The kit is primarily wood but also has metal parts for the cannons and some of the decoration as well as brass and materials for rigging and the really nice pre-stitched cloth sails. Although there are many ready to use parts such as the rigging blocks most of the material supplied needs the builder to fabricate parts as the model is constructed. Most the materials are high quality with a mixture of woods to allow for a a colourful stained finish or painted finish. Some of the metal parts need a little clean up but nothing major.
The instructions are very clear. Each issue comes with complete step by step guid in full colour with construction photos to help with understanding the steps. There is an official build diary within Modelspace ( http://forum.model-space....aspx?g=topics&f=17 ). that adds to the support making the kit accessible not just to the experienced model builder but also to the less experienced also.
The completed model is visually great and can be built with or withouts sails. DeAgostini even supply quite a few figurines so you have the option animate the model and put Lord Nelson on that fateful spot on the Poop deck
I have had no real issues with following the instructions, there are a couple of printing errors but they are picked up and corrected.
In summery this is a beautiful model that builds together surprisingly easily. A combination of high quality parts and fantastic, easy to follow, instructions means you don't have to be experienced in building wooden kits to get something really impressive at the end. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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