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That is a beautiful looking deck, would be a shame like you say to paint it blue.
Do you have a scrap bit that you can paint blue and put it next to the unpainted for,comparison, as it is at the moment I would be inclined to leave it natural
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In my humble opinion, it would look great if given the danish oil treatment. It would be a shame to paint it blue.
Happy building
David
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 Hi Mick Looks great and nice work as for the deck the Yamato for her last but one mission had her decks painted black but the deck itself took on a greyish hue over time and weathering and thats why I did the Yamato deck as you can see in the build diary. As for your deck a pure blue would in my opinion be too much in your face so to speak but have you thought about using drawing ink as a wash instead. If done in a sympathetic way you could just have a blue tinge and still get the wood showing through. Just an Idea and hope it helps. Regards Andy  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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It looks to good to cover it in paint I think I would look good in a wash Reg Martyn Building ?
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Looks great in natural. I got the blue deck for mine and it Looks good. Well looks like i need some smaller tweezers for them guns. You done great job of them. Chris. On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Hi Mick, have to admit I do love the natural look to the deck but as a comparison I would be tempted to try adding a greyish/blue wash but testing on a scrap piece first. Applying the wash evening would be a challenge too, trying to ensure it doesn't turn out patchy..... .. If in doubt then Danish oil..... Regards Alan
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Tip to get an even wash across a large area wet the surface first with distilled water than apply the wash over it. With practice you can get an overall colour with one stroke or even replicate lighter footwear with darker less used deck parts by adding more wash in the less used area's Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi guys thankyou for your input.much appreciated. Got plenty of planking left over from vic.so think I'll do few tests, with blue an natural see which I prefer. Thanks Andy for the tip on applying wash ill give that ago to.did read all your yamato diary.turned out fab by the way.Im collecting the yamato at mo.be next battleship after the missouri.but at couple years away.cheers and happy moddelling mick. Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Hi Mick Found this online that mat be of interest http://www.amazon.co.uk/...ID=1GPR5P0AEZ31GDMRS9QH
and http://www.amazon.co.uk/...ef_=sr_1_67&sr=8-67
Hope there of use Regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi bin a while,unfortunately I lost the upgrade set in house move.so I have decided to finish this oob. Apart from the wooden deck which I still have,, I have decided to leave the deck natural colour, still 11 frets of etch comes with kit, so still make a decent model, though I'm recovering from a broken shoulder, I have managed a fair bit of the superstructure, none of it is glued together yet as need to paint and fit wooden decks first.cheers mick. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Hi Mick, At 1/200 scale this will be a stunner, even straight OOB. I have a "Merit" kit that is very similar in style and the same scale of the USS Hornet CV8. Comes with loads of etch as standard, I just need to get it out of the box at some point.  Looking forward to seeing more of your work on this one.  Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Hi del thanks for looking in and comments left. I got the 1/350 kitty hawk in stash so that be my flat top one day.be interesting see what you think of the merit kit you got.done bit more to this, built up bit more on second level.then primed 3 bits with Halfords grey primer the rest is brush painted, the light grey and dark blue grey.im glad can only brush paint at times. Because taping this up for spraying would have been a nitemare. So it's all done free hand.cheers mick. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Painting freehand and doing a great job too Mick, looking good.... Regards Alan
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Looking very good Mick.  Mark
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Hi Mick,
just looked through this diary for the first time as there has been a long hold.
Everything looking fine so far.
But as to the Steven Segal- references at the beginning of this thread - i must say i`d much prefer a nice Erika Eleniak - figure coming out of a cake!Greetings,
Walter
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Revell B-24D Liberator 1:48
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Italeri "Fiat Mefistofele", Italeri "Moto Guzzi California", Fokker "Red Baron", Revell Bismarck, Revell Tirpitz, Arab Dow, Stage Coach, .....
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All looking good and nice work Mick Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi thanks to all who looked in and left comments much appreciated, done bit more on this, mainly painting,but got 3 of the 4 gun directors built and painted, funnels painted, and 2 more levels of deck, and radar tower to the rear,and put first 2 decks of wooden decking on, the third layer still to do.make all the deck fittings next, some in position on front but not fixed till I paint them, also a lot of it not glued on yet as there's a lot of handrail to fix yet.cheers mick. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Very neat paintwork.Looks great.
Carl
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That is looking very nice Mick.  Mark
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Lovely progress Mick, keep the pics coming.... Regards Alan
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