Weathering Question - Order of operations

[Sgmartz]

Hi all -

 

sorry for the newbie question, I couldn’t quite find an exact answer. 
 

i just finished a 1/350 plastic kit (Trumpeter Graf Spee)

 

 it’s pretty much fully painted with either Tamiya acrylic or Vallejo acrylic. I want to start the weathering process. I plan to use AK series washes/stains/grim which are not water based. 
 

so I think the order is:

1) coat entire ship with water based gloss

2) cure for several days

3) apply decals

 4) weather the ship with oil based stains

 5) coat entire ship in lacquer based matte finish

 

 Am I thinking about it right? I’m not sure about the decals and when to do those. 
 

appreciate any comments!

 

[Capt. Kelso]

I've built and weathered plastic military models in the past, the process should be the same for ships. I always sealed the decals before weathering.

There are some very good online tutorials and YouTube videos on ship modeling weathering,

model ship weathering techniques - Search (bing.com)