18th Century Longboat by Ryland Craze - Model Shipways - 1:48
Here is the start of my 18th Century Longboat by Model Shipways. I watched the development of this kit by Chuck Passaro on MSW v1.0 and was amazed to see the detail that he put into such a small boat. I felt that this would be a fun kit to build and so far I am right. As all of us on MSW know Chuck is an amazing ship model designer and I was glad to see Model Shipways turn his design into a kit. I ordered this kit as soon as it was available. I was fortunate to see Chuck's Longboat at the 2
For staining the basswood parts, I used Minwax products as shown below.
I first applied the Minwax Pre-Stain Wood Conditioner to the basswood. Then I mixed one part of Minwax Golden Oak Stain to three parts of Minwax Natural Stain and applied this to the basswood parts. This darkened the wood very slightly and this was the effect that I wanted.
As you could see, the color of the frames were darkened very slightly.
Here is the keel stained.
