Thanks, Pete! That's really kind. There's a fellow in our local ship club who uses cedar wood bases - very strong grain - and embeds the models in the dyed wood to give that very effect. This is inspired by that, and I'm glad it works to some extent. The inside scoop on the woods is that I completely fouled up the lower part of the model while carving. I ran it through the bandsaw to create a "waterline" of the mahogany, and then added the walnut and tried again.
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Thanks, Pete! That's really kind. There's a fellow in our local ship club who uses cedar wood bases - very strong grain - and embeds the models in the dyed wood to give that very effect. This is inspired by that, and I'm glad it works to some extent. The inside scoop on the woods is that I completely fouled up the lower part of the model while carving. I ran it through the bandsaw to create a "waterline" of the mahogany, and then added the walnut and tried again.