mikiek Posted April 20, 2016 #61 Posted April 20, 2016 I'll bet the second coat smooths things out. Red seems to show brush strokes worse than other colors - at least for me. The second and third coats really made a difference. Elijah 1 Quote Sail on...... Mike "Dropped a part? Your shoe will always find it before your eyes do" Current Builds: Completed Builds: Lancia Armata 1803 - Panart US Brig Niagara - Model Shipways ; Section Deck Between Gun Bays - Panart ; Arrow American Gunboat - Amati Riva Aquarama - Amati T24 RC Tugboat ; Hispaniola - Megow - Restoration ; Trajta - by Mikiek - Marisstella ; Enterprise 1799 - Constructo
Jaggy Posted April 21, 2016 Author #62 Posted April 21, 2016 I sanding it to smooth things out and airbrushed another coat on. It looks pretty good, but now I'm upset that the planks are not smoother underneath. They show some compression from the clothespins I used to clamp them, so I'm not entirely happy. Ripping it all up is an unattractive option though. Elijah 1 Quote
mrshanks Posted April 21, 2016 #63 Posted April 21, 2016 A tip to make the paint look smoother, especially with basswood, is to apply a sanding sealer prior to painting. Quote Mike Shanks
Jaggy Posted April 21, 2016 Author #64 Posted April 21, 2016 My local Home Depot store not only does not sell sanding sealer, they deny its existamce. Same at Rona, so I gave up. Seems it's just not a popular product in Canada.. Elijah and mrshanks 2 Quote
mrshanks Posted April 21, 2016 #65 Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Here is the sanding sealer I use from Minwax. Available at Home Depot in the states. I would be willing to bet you can get it online from Home Depot, Amazon, or directly from Minwax. Here is a link so you can read about it. I use this on wood that will be painted. You can sand basswood super smooth with this. I have used all the way to 600grit in some cases. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Minwax-1-qt-Professional-Formula-Sanding-Sealer-657000000/202579364 Edited April 22, 2016 by mrshanks Quote Mike Shanks
Jaggy Posted April 23, 2016 Author #66 Posted April 23, 2016 I've given up on finding sanding sealer (not paying $60 a quart on Amazon) and moved on to my deck. I made this jig so my trenail holes would be uniform at the butts. First two in place! Elijah, WackoWolf, rtropp and 3 others 6 Quote
Jaggy Posted June 22, 2016 Author #67 Posted June 22, 2016 Hello all, I've not posted for a little while since all I've been doing is planking the hull and frankly I found it to be a bore. Quite a tedious step, I'd rather do a hull any day. So, rather then bore you with a plank by plank photo essay I'll just show you what it looks like today: cristikc, WackoWolf, Ryland Craze and 2 others 5 Quote
mikiek Posted June 22, 2016 #68 Posted June 22, 2016 Good job on the nibbing strake! Elijah 1 Quote Sail on...... Mike "Dropped a part? Your shoe will always find it before your eyes do" Current Builds: Completed Builds: Lancia Armata 1803 - Panart US Brig Niagara - Model Shipways ; Section Deck Between Gun Bays - Panart ; Arrow American Gunboat - Amati Riva Aquarama - Amati T24 RC Tugboat ; Hispaniola - Megow - Restoration ; Trajta - by Mikiek - Marisstella ; Enterprise 1799 - Constructo
Gahm Posted June 23, 2016 #69 Posted June 23, 2016 Your deck planking turned out very nice! I am always surprised what a difference it makes to a model once the deck is complete! Thomas Elijah and WackoWolf 2 Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864)
rtropp Posted June 23, 2016 #70 Posted June 23, 2016 nicely done, Richard Elijah 1 Quote RichardMember: The Nautical Research Guild Atlanta Model Shipwrights Current build: Syren
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