SaSi Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share #31 Posted November 6, 2017 Here we are on October 21st having completed planking the hull, having made the rest of the gun ports and having applied a first coat of mat varnish. I also used the sanding dust - which I kept in a bag - to fill up the nail holes and other mistakes I had made. Mixing the dust with some varnish makes for a nice filler that matches the wood well. The hull is far from finished in it's current state. Some more sanding is needed. I am aiming for a smooth surface with no more than 0.1mm irregularities. Scaling up 0.1mm by 90 gives 9mm which would be plenty much and unacceptable for a real ship - I think. Robin Lous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lous Posted November 7, 2017 Share #32 Posted November 7, 2017 Despite the minor issues you encountered...the hull looks nice! Most bad things tend to happen below the waterline, but it's a fairly common practise to paint the hull white beow the waterline. So, with a bit of filling and sanding...paint...problems solved! Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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