I wanted to share a couple of photos of the scale model I recently finished. I learned a lot from doing this, and it looks great in the living room. :-D
I wanted to paint all the plywood inside and out, and varnish only the solid wood. TBH, I'm not a big fan of the Skerry images with the entire inside varnished. My better half convinced me not to paint the inside. I don't regret not painting the inside. I like the contrast between the darker structural plywood and the lighter hull panels. I wonder if that plays out in the full scale kit.
>> I like the contrast between the darker structural plywood and the lighter hull panels. I wonder if that plays out in the full scale kit.
That depends entirely on the luck of the draw with the individual pieces of wood in the kit. Usually they're a pretty close match, sometimes they're quite obviously not.
If you want a consistent color and guaranteed contrast of the sort on your pictures, there's always stains.
Thanks for the stain tips and encouragement, Laszio.
The possibility of digitizing a model and "printing it out" is tempting, I admit. However, I wouldn't want to enlarge all the mistakes. I hope to put those mistakes to use some day. :)
