Starting this after the hull partly completed because the early stuff is a bit repetitive and boring. Going OK... My own personal opinion is that the parts quality is a little below Amati but I am sure they would disagree. The ladder components poorly cut, and some of the complex bow supports just simply dont fit as intended no matter what you do with them. So a little kit bashing needed during progress but pretty good kit really so far. Main shortcoming certainly that the real ship was coppered at Trafalgar but there is no copper in the kit or even mention of it. The only planking is 2mm x 5mm mahogany which is nice looking wood but very brittle and a challenge to bend the stern particularly.I bought roll of 6mm adhesive copper tape from Artesania Latina ( ansolutely excellent) and their rivet imprinting tool ( absolutely useless IMHO).
