Looking for someone who has built this model before to give me some tips on putting up the sails, but mostly the rigging. I'm pretty new to modelling, I've only built a handful of models so far, and the rigging on this one seems very intimidating.

How good are the instructions in terms of order? Should I follow them by each step, or is there a better method? What about the sails? According to the instructions, they should be put up after most of the rigging is already complete, although to me it seems like there's going to be too much string in the way to even get them in place. The image is unrelated, I'm looking for general advice on rigging this model, not just this page. Thanks in advance.