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WANTING TO KEEP THE NATURAL WOOD LOOK... WHAT TYPE OF OIL AND VARNISH WILL BE BEST FOR THIS WORK? REGARDS, IAN Ian Builds in progress: E-type, HMS Victory, HMS Endeavour, HMS Soverein of the Seas Wish list: Bentley Blower http://forum.model-space...spx?g=posts&m=30439
http://mxpublishing.co.uk/engine/shop/product/9781780920184/Hunt+for+the+Blower+Bentley
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Hi,
I have decided to varnish the "Victory". Although some smaller parts may be marked they can be touched up and then varnished. A clear varnish is all you need as the material is already coloured. I will be painting the mast head etc, to emphasise these areas. This is the first wooden model I have made (I tend to work in plastic). Talking of which - have you heard about the 100th scale Airfix/Humbrol (model #11999) produced in 2005 and if so can I get hold of one?!
Best of luck with your model making.
Simon
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the 1/100 victory you discribed is the original 1/100 heller, it comes up on ebay now and then, Karl113 posted this link http://modelshipworld.co...B2/viewtopic.php?t=8453
although it looks like a lot of scratch building went into it
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ian,i may be telling you something you already know,but make sure if your using oil based varnish your first 2 0r 3 coats should be thinned with white spirit,as i work in this field when i varnish wood for the first time my first coat would be 50% spirit and 50% varnish,then 75% varnish and 25% spirit and so on..it acts as a primer and has penetrated the wood..neat varnish would just sit on the top and could peel in the future..hope this helps cheers benny
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Nice advice Benny, I made sure before staining is to try it out on some scrap wood first.
I used mostly Beeswax and danish oils, worked well on my Bounty.
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