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There's a couple of thing I didn't quite understand in your post:
1) 1:7 Scale HMS Victorious - Wont the model be about 100 feet long?
2) The part where you mention that you have...never built a scale model before...
Wouldn't it be wiser to start on something a little smaller? A Scale MTB, a little steam tug or a 1:700 HMS Victorious?
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