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If anyone is still curious, after a cumulative time of about fourteen (possibly sixteen, hard to tell) hours, and I have finally gotten through the first 150 pages of instructions, and completed the main hull. I have used most of the really big pieces, so much of the remaining work is the fiddly detail that goes onto the bridge and superstructure (which are also yet to be assembled).

At this rate, I could be finished after I steal another eight to ten hours of build time. Of course between extra hours at work, parenting responsibilities, recovery from sleep deprivation, and other parasitic losses of my free time, this could mean another two or three weeks. If it were not for the holidays, I would still have only barely started.