Coppering the Ship Model Hull
Various techniques including copper paint, individual copper plates, photo etched plates, and self adhesive copper tape have been used by ship modelers to simulate the copper sheathing used for under water hull protection on both naval and merchant ships from the late 1700’s thru the late 1800’s. The following notes describe the technique selected for my Topsail Schooner "Eagle" of 1847 build.
Test Pieces – Test pieces were prepared to evaluate the installation process and appearance of var
Sal,
Once you have the copper sheathing designed, copper plating actually goes quite quickly. If you are satisfied with copper tape, the above process works well for me. I would anticipate that "Phantom" would have a similar layout to "Newsboy" but adjust your plate size for the scale.
Pete Jaquith
Shipbuilder