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After a long pause (almost 30 years) the first picture of the Danmark building process. I have finished the planking of the main deck. There is a difference in colour, because the new wood has been in the box and the wood that had been glued to the deck has been exposed to light. I hope that after sanding the deck with fine sandpaper (400) this wil disappear. Furthermore the deck has to be varnished in  wood colour. That leads me to some questions. 
- what colour should I use for the deck ( I.e. oak or Mahoney etc.), and shoul I use varnish from the DIY store, or is there special modelling varnish?

- on the boards I have glued some planks that are thicker than the deck planks. I am planning to sans them an varnish them, however on pictures of the ship I saw that this is metal. I am not sure if this is done later (as the ship was launched in 1932). Or would this be a builders decision? Any advice on this is welcome!
 

As final remark, this. Is my first wooden Billing Boats kit. Time will tell whether I should have started with a simpler kit 😀.

 

Best regards,

 

Ben

 

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I use light oak as the way I understand it, the deck is/was always light of colour. I use matt/satin varnish, water based from the DIY store. After that I use steel wool to make the deck smooth. You can put additional pressure in areas where people walk to get a weathering effect. Something I don't do because I feel that you would need to weather the whole boat to make it natural.

Peter

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Here are some more pictures of the varnished deck. I am not completely satisfied with the colour of the middle deck, as the oak colour isn’t that that solid. Having said that, varnishing it again might result in a dark oak colour. Maybe I leave it like this, decks are always a bit worn down 😀. I further started with the hull, first parts are mounted and I am rather satisfied, but comments and advices to improve are always welcome.

 

 

 

 

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Weathered decks on working ships tend to look pretty bland and worn. Star of India in San Diego just got a new deck in 2017, and the contrast between the old deck and the new deck is interesting.

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

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Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop

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Just an update in the building process. The planking of the hull is going rather well (for a first time). i am also working on the cabins. I must say that the plastic doors don’t look very mahogany. I have finished these with Vallejo paint but they still look a bit ‘plastic’. Any tips on how to make them more realistic are welcome (maybe make wooden doors?). Finally, I have found some yellow paint, just have to see how it will look on the brass part. As always, tips and comments are welcome .9629D6EA-8C5E-4129-A564-71DBDEA24B39.thumb.jpeg.3900be5bb6c9da231b558d5a758a3937.jpeg

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