u/I_Grow_Memes

It would be my third model ever. Until now I've only done some amateurish, very cheap Chinese models off of Temu/Aliexpress so it wouldn't only be my most complex model, but my most expensive yet. This one would be around 250 dollars or euros more or less, while the most expensive of the other models I've built would go for about $30.

I've learned many things building the other models (A nameless schooner first, then Hms Victory) but at the same time I'm not that happy with how the second turned out so I don't feel too confident in my abilities.

I really like xebecs and I'm planning on getting it for myself as a present next year, would only have about a month of uninterrupted work for it after I finish my exams and start my new job.

Any opinions. Has anyone built it? Is it worth it? Is it too difficult for a beginner?

I've had my lamp for a few weeks and I love it, but I have a few questions about it, some curious things happened.

My lamp functions with a 20W bulb, and it works properly for a while, then, after about 3 hours. it heats up too much and all the wax floats up to the surface. Also, there are bubbles inside the wax that I just can't get rid of no matter what.

This are not necessarily the weird things that happened.

My mom knocked my lamp by accident, and the original bulb broke, so I had to replace it with a 25W one, as I couldn't find a 20W, and weirdly enough, now the wax circulates a lot longer, I could let it turned on for hours and hours on end without the wax all heating up and floating to the surface. But now, instead of being goopy and having a "one up, one down" bubble flow, it forms many smaller bubbles that flow pretty rapidly, full of air/water pockets that sometimes merge creating a giant globe of wax and water inside of it.

Should I be concerned? Is it normal? Any advice? Thank you!