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Thanks James! As you know the kit is excellent and comes with a good manual with excellent photos That helps a lot!

Have so far tried both boiled eggs and liver of sulphur on a small scale only. As you mentioned liver of sulphur can be drastic, so I did not find it very easy to use. It can be quite a challenge bagging a hull of this size, as you suggest, but maybe not impossible. Otherwise the egg method could be an option. When trying it the result was not very even on my test surface. That might be a result of poor cleaning though.

Thank you for the suggestion! I have to try Super Phatic! next time. A good alternative to CA wold be most welcome. Your Pegasus looks very nice!

Thanks! That is what I am a bit afraid of. Putting on something I then want to remove Do you have a picture of Pegasus look like after 4 years?

I'd prefer the 'old penny' look too, so that is one good reason to leave it as such.

Coppering done on Vanguards HMS Indefatigable, half way at least. Still one side to go. After figuring out how to do it (which was about half of the work) it took a bit less than 30 hours to finish one side. Trimming stern, bow and especially waterline plates is what takes time. Used Amati copper plates which can be laid in stripes of 7 plates. It helps a lot, speeding up the work and resulting in nice lines. Rows are slighty overlapping the one below to avoid gaps. When deciding how to lay the plates I pretty soon gave up to idea of a "historically correct" coppering. My coppering is a compromise of limited skills/limited experience, the properties of the material used (plates not as flexible as copper tape) and a need to get something that looks well made/aesthetically pleasing. It's actually quite fun to copper once you figure out how to do it in a way that pleases you. The CA glue is a problem though. It took some time to figure out why I had asthma symptoms and a strange feeling in the evening! After using a quality protective mask no such problems. Of course, wearing that mask for hours is not very comfortable. Then to the point. These fresh copper plates are very shiny. First I thought it looked awful, but I am starting to like. I even now consider leaving it as such and let the time do its job. One tempting alternative is a matt varnish to take off most of the shine and reflection. I sprayed a sheet of Amati copper plates with Maston matt varnish (or lacquer I guess to be precise) and it looks quite nice. It removes the reflection. It is a cheap product so I have some trust issues using Maston. I am interested in hearing what products you have used? (those who have used a matt varnish on copper plates) Anything special to consider when applying it? Any special technique? Tips or tricks? When you apply something on a coppered hull of this size, you simply do not want to mess things up. Below a few pictures. Sorry for the poor quality. Was to lazy to use my quality camera and instead went for the phone camera. Work in progress. Recommendation to use a protective mask when using CA is not a joke. Getting used to the shiny copper but the reflection is "disturbing" the details in strong light. Varnished copper experiment. Difficult to photograph, especially with a rather poor phone camera, but it gives an idea of the result. The strong reflection seen on the untreated plates to the left is gone on the sprayed plates to the right.