Hello there ARH and congratulations on a fantastic model, it really is spectacular! I thought you would be interested in this though, a predecessor to your superb effort. It was constructed by my dad about 34 years ago when I was but a bairn taking up many a night in the cellar of our old terrace house. He scaled it up from the airfix kit and cut the hull spars by hand and went from there, the hull is made from old duckhams oil tins (he was a mechanic) silver soldered together and epoxed inside then the more finer shapes formed using car filler. This been the 70's he had to improvise so many of the detailing is made from knicks and knacks, i believe the funnels on the tenders are .22 rimfire bullet casings! and it was all done using a hand drill, pliers, various saws and a lot of patience! Its fully RC and I remember many times sailing it with my dad on local tarns and lakes-it used to cause quite a stir! Sadly shes looking a bit dog eared now and is in need of a refit, dad moved onto RC aircraft (amongst other things) and the ship came a bit neglected spending many a year on top of the fridge freezer and latterly a cold damp garage (its difficult to find the space for a 6' plus warship!). my dad is understandably proud of his model,I suppose its the nearest thing we've got to a family heirloom, and has promised himself to sort out a refit and get her back on the water, here's hoping. A couple of old photos then,will have more later. Enjoy!