Ik was wondering when you are ready tot built boats Just from
plans. Ik was able to buy aan lot of wood for Just 35 euro. And some brass stuff.
Pat71, personally I have not built a ship from plans, but have built other things from plans and even no plans where I had to make plans from photographs of the real thing. So what I am about to say has some bearing towards scratch building a ship from plans.
If you can read plans, you can draw plans too. By reading plans, you can't get lost. If the plans are wrong, you will notice it and make your own plans (of what is wrong) to correct it.
If you can determine/feel the timber you are using, you will alter your approach to dressing that piece of timber to your will. If not, you will find much will go against the grain for you. If so, STOP, and alter your approach to what you want to do.
If you are prepared to research, learn, and do lots of experimenting before attempting on the actual model. You increase your chances of being very successful.
Lastly, which is my main concern about your question, is your own holding onto doubt. Please let me explain. There is nothing wrong with doubt. In fact it can be a temporary advantage which allows you to determine what is true. Doubt is a form of fear, and the only way to overcome fear is to face it, and do it anyway. Holding onto doubt means one is not prepared to overcome by facing it. So here is a tip. Experiment. Experiment to overcome your doubt. Models may consist of many experiments to eliminate doubt of what is needed to be done on your model. It is repeated experiments until you feel confident. It is in this way we limit the chances of becoming too disheartened to continue, or complete the model.
If you are prepared to be continually challenged, continually learning, and do many experiments (and have many of them go wrong), then you are ready.