Has anyone else built this kit? My example has been strewn with injection pin marks, sink holes and extremely brittle parts globed onto a heavy sprue tree. It's not been a happy experience and I was just wondering if anyone else encountered this or was mine just an unlucky draw of the cards? I'm seriously thinking of tanking it and perhaps just purchase the Heller version.

Hmmm Steve. That sure sounds like the old Revell too me.

Kenny

So did you see your's through to completion or toss it as I am considering? I should look at this as a challenge I guess, but in my getting long in the tooth...my patience has limited shelf life.

By the way, I've been admiring the work you've been turning out over the past year. Your's and the others always provides me inspiration.

Great thread here about the couple of (plastic) options for the HMS Victory:

http://cs.finescale.com/forums/997072/ShowPost.aspx

and here about the different versions of the Revell kits
http://cs.finescale.com/forums/571710/ShowPost.aspx