HMS Illustrious, Finished.

Yeah...

Please don't be discouraged with ship modelling simply because you built one kit that had warped pieces; even aircraft kits sometimes have that problem. Warps can be easily dealt with using hot water and a little patience.  If you wanted to build the Tamiya USS Enterprise, build it. You will probably not have the same problems.

Bill

Its the Airfix kit actually.

I'm assuming that's the Dragon 1/700th kit?  That has to be my all-time "almost buys" of all times.  For some reason every time I get ready to pull the trigger on it I back down...

Looks great for a first ship build.

Maybe after a chance to relax and build some simpler models, you'll tackle another ship some day.  Just be prepared for a long build, and have a shelf for work-in-progress models where you can store major projects while you take a break.