Thanks all ! Yep, the base ended up costing more than the ship kit did...had to chuckle at that one...yet another receipt to hide from my wife ! I'll post a link to the MM site when the review is up, many more pics there, as well as some bits about the sails. Tilley's going to flay me alive about the rigging though...ah well.
greg
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