While in the previous part of this report was written in retrospect, further updates are in line with construction, hence the considerable delay in posting. The painting process started with the wooden deck which was covered with WEM Teak, somewhat lightened.
I had to overcome the problem posed by the shelter deck and the quarterdeck portion around the 4� AA guns not having the groove pattern of other deck parts. Initially I had tried to scribe these two areas, but I would have to remove all cast on details to be able to do so, consequently apart from some faint lines, no grooves were present there. Eventually I drew some lines freehand with my 0.02 Warm Grey Marker.
These lines, while not really regular or straight, gave a surprisingly credible result. I tried pick out individual planks by spraying them some variation of the original colour but to my horror the masking tape lifted the paint along with the primer at my first attempt, so I had to resort to fine brush painting. Applying AK Dark Wash for Wood Deck finished the painting of the wood deck.
Next lightened WEM Corticene was sprayed over some decks, slightly lightened WEM AP 507A over other ones.
In the picture above you can see Humbrol Maskol covering wooden deck portions next to steel deck areas.
All AP 507A painted surfaces:
With boot topping (Revell 9 Anthracite) sprayed on without masking:
While in the previous part of this report was written in retrospect, further updates are in line with construction, hence the considerable delay in posting. The painting process started with the wooden deck which was covered with WEM Teak, somewhat lightened.
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I had to overcome the problem posed by the shelter deck and the quarterdeck portion around the 4� AA guns not having the groove pattern of other deck parts. Initially I had tried to scribe these two areas, but I would have to remove all cast on details to be able to do so, consequently apart from some faint lines, no grooves were present there. Eventually I drew some lines freehand with my 0.02 Warm Grey Marker.
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These lines, while not really regular or straight, gave a surprisingly credible result. I tried pick out individual planks by spraying them some variation of the original colour but to my horror the masking tape lifted the paint along with the primer at my first attempt, so I had to resort to fine brush painting. Applying AK Dark Wash for Wood Deck finished the painting of the wood deck.
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Next lightened WEM Corticene was sprayed over some decks, slightly lightened WEM AP 507A over other ones.
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In the picture above you can see Humbrol Maskol covering wooden deck portions next to steel deck areas.
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All AP 507A painted surfaces:
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With boot topping (Revell 9 Anthracite) sprayed on without masking:
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