Shitty picture is shitty, and I know some of you think the base is a little too thick (myself included), but I'm still happy with how it turned out. I sanded the wood down to 2000 grit, going to be staining it tonight.
I got the copper door knobs at Lowes, I actually got the idea after viewing Bill Plunk's USS Texas build over at
http://www.bpmodels.net/Model/Album/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=670&sid=e6fe296d47066457bd7f2dc23de54fc3I found the same knobs at lowes luckily, drilled a hole through them and used the screws to mount it to the board and ship itself. Looks 100x better than the shitty, flimsy plastic display stand that came with the kit itself.
