So far, I'm about 1300 hours into the build. This was all done because I wanted to put in lights to all 3 gun decks and transom. I also chose to build out the lower gun deck with full carronades versus using a "fake" lower gun deck. I wanted the blending to come across as natural as possible regardless of the viewer's perspective. It's been interesting thinking of how to blend the painted portion with the unpainted. The deck work is also, for the most part, unpainted. It's almost been like building 2 models at once. Thus, one side of the hull is left unpainted (which is as the kit was designed) and the other half painted. However, I wanted to show some of the wood's patterns and shades. My initial intention was to paint the entire model the battle colors at the time of Trafalgar in 1805. I really like the beauty in the different variety of woods. I paid $600 for it (which is about the average cost that I see). I purchased my AL kit of HMS Victory early in 2019 off of eBay.
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