Once more a warm welcome here on board -
It is most important in ship modeling, that you are patient - so no hurry
Like my father said every time to me: Take the time and think twice before you do something - to repair or correct needs much more time
I just checked in the web, to get some information about the kit, which I did not know before
It is a subscription kit - do you have already all parts or how long it will take until you have all sets?
There are also in the web, some manuals for download - so we can see, that you are already finished "Pack 1" of together 12 - so already a good progress
It's a nice boat you are building, it would been nice if you could show some pictures of your kit and
Feel free to provide some information about the kit.
The kit is a pay as you go of the uss constitution 1:76 scale.
Am part way through pack number 2, and will be ordering number 3 in another week.these are pics of build so far. Have to do planking of deck before continuing on.