I understand what you mean. For the longest I have been trying to find plans for the orca from jaws and haven't been able to come up with anything other than plans for an RC model. I have no intentions of ever doing an RC model only static modelsGibby, you've done a nice job of working with what was given to you.
I put together kits, and restored old models for a friends shop. Of the 30 or so kits I built/finished/repaired, even the best ones had things that would make a sailor's eye twitch.
I'm primarily a scratch builder because they don't offer kits of the boats I want to build, as a result I have only myself to blame when I get something wrong.
Click on the signal flags in my signature to see some of my stumbling in progress...
Lynx by Panart [Completed Build]
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Finaly had a day off from work and a day off from the gym on the same day. So it was tome to put some work in on the lynx. Ended up pulling off what ratlines I have put on, thank goodness it wasnt many. Ended up redoing them because they just looked too far spaced apart. This time I put them more spaced about 5mm in the spacing used some spare wood as a template or jig to help. 
Will do
I think she looks really good. But the anchor rope does need to be fixed. The yellow you used is different but I like it. I have the same one but she is still on the shelf.
I was planning on using the yellow ocher but couldnt find any so I used what yellow I had and then came over top with some Danish oil to age it a little bit.
She's a beauty. I have this kit waiting in the wings and this is definitely inspiration.
Good morning Derek. A beauty for sure! Cheers Grant
Thank you Grant. There for awhile I was second guessing the height of the masts but after looking at the pics on the box and triple checking the plans its right.
It's all good she is in the dry dock now.Beautiful! Just don't forget to put her away before you drive out of the driveway
Well got the rest of the shroud lines done for the mainmast, and even got the top section put on. I decided to divert from the plans some for the top section, it said to put wood as binders for the top section but I decided to lash them together. I like how it turned out. Next I'll paint the rest of the painted section for the mainmast and start on some ratlines. 
Good morning Derek. Lovely rigging. Your ratlines are super neat as are the serving on your shrouds. The rope mast binders are consistent with your mast bands and does fit your model. They must have been concerned with the topmast strength to use such large binders- looks cool tho. Cheers Grant
Hello there Grant.
Per the plans it had me using premade plywood boards as the binding but with the diameter of the rods it didnt fit and didnt look right, so I ended up going with the lashing.
The serving on the shrouds were a bit of a pain in the butt, but was worth it.
Working on the rigging for the yards on the foremast. Got all but 1 yards left but I have been putting off doing the rest of the ratlines long enough, I guess it's time to knock them out so I can do the rest of the rigging. 
Got a little bit more done tonight. Finished the one side of the main mast ratlines and decided to make the spanker boom to finally get an over all length of her. She is 35" in length, 24" in height, and 12" in width. By far the largest ship I have done so far. 
I'll say this about this kit, the written directions are extremely lacking. And some of the drawings arent to scale. But if you've had previous experience then it's a piece of cake to figure out.