Bugatti Fan
make an ACCURATE kit
The never-ending lament of the scale ship modeler.
The box says "hurricane" on it and has spitfire parts inside, and we are to go "ok, 'close enough'."
And, we have to acknowledge that reference materials can be thin on the ground for historic ships.
And, then we need to have resources like these various fora, too, so that we can share that the Alabama kit actually is a better start for Keresarge than the kit box bearign that name. (And acknowledging that's an arm's-length sort of proposition.)
While I'm at ti, I'm not sure I'd want to make up deadeyes at 1/12"=1'-0" scale (1/144) as the 1/8"=1'-0" (1/96) ones are curst small as is, especially at the topgallants. But, I do understand not wanting a kit that wants a glass case larger than a 500 gallon aquarium, too.