Hi, I think for a lot 'kit' ship builders, the Victory is seen as the ultimate goal, it tickles a special fancy due to its history, bit like a Sopwith camel or a Spitfire. For some reasons it speaks to the child in us
Like Donnie and many others , I have no stash of kits nor unlimited funding. Its one at a time for me if I'm lucky.
Fortunately I have the CC Victory kit and bought it 5 years ago when the AU dollar was high and I had saved up for a few years a Victory slush fund.
I intend to start it after the Alert.
I'm still a spring chicken at 63 so I figure whilst i still have the capability and a few builds under my wing I'll start.
The price of a Victory is never going to go down. I d say, if you really want a huge Victory get the current CC kit. Its a monster and really is amazing. You will not be disappointed
The size difference from the CC 1:72 to the Amati 1:64 is 1.38 m to 1.65m that's 5'4 vs 4'6' or a foot longer, higher, wider etc.
So its a wife pleasing
5ft x 2 case in the house or an even more wife ingratiating
6ft x 3 case in the house. ( Which is going to cost almost as much as the kit.)
The only benefit is you will have several years of building to convince her its good thing
(As if). The bad side , the space you will need to build it.
I can see why Admiralty builds are the latest fashion, with little space need for the final kit and more to a case.
So save up and wait for a few years or save up and buy as soon as possible. either way it will go up in price. Its a major investment in time and effort either way. A 1st rate is a huge task and as Donnie would attest with Trinidad and I with the Santa Ana .
I'm sure you'll enjoy every moment ( well nearly every moment).
CC say 3.500 hours min for their kit.
That's at 8 hours a day 87 weeks. With most of us at 2 hours a day that will be 250 weeks at 7 days a week or 5 years approx commitment.