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Norway
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Glass matting
All rubbed down ready for primer surfacer and top coats. Interior bulkheads need a bit more flatting.
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jimdogge
Warrant Officer
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more money than sense
last pictures l posted l painted the wave princess l changed my mind and decided to go for some planking on the decks and cabin roofs l have also done a little bit of tarting up using some brass welding rod and brass tube l am quite pleased with the out come so far. these piccys are about a month old now so she has had a god rub down and given six coats of clear varnish. l will post more piccys when l have installed the windows and frames.
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Sooo glad you went for wood and not paint👍
    BTW How did you manage to enlist God's help?
    Didn't know HE was a model boat enthusiast!
    But then again HE did command the building of the Ark 😁
    Yours tongue firmly in cheek, Doug 😎
  • Bryan-the-pirateMidshipman
    Princess must look devine now.
modeltugman
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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Hull plating detail
The way that I do my hull plating is......to use printer paper about 90gsm, and divide the hull up into approriate lines horizontal and vertical to represent the plating once the hull is sanded and smooth of course.
then cut the paper into the sizes that you need to represent the hull plating.
then thin down waterproof PVA glue so that is like double cream and then to represent the plate joggling lay each piece onto the edge of a steel rule so thar about 1/8th is overlapping and then run your thumb nail along the edge of the rule this will give you a joggled edge, repeat if you need more than one joggle per plate, have a practice first and see how easy it is.
then just stick tmen onto the hull using the PVA glue remembering to overlap the joggles ( I like that word). Easy peasy.
once every thing is really hard and dry ,give the paper two or three coats of the PVA all over and it dries like glass.
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  • mckenzigRecruit
    That is certainly an easy way of doing it. Thanks for the hint. 😊

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