Hi guys,
Added the nav' deck bulkheads today, again gluing is a bit messy and I will respray over this. It's maybe a bit unconventional but I want to make sure it is well glued enough so that it can be handled without falling apart easily.
Again the fit if all these parts is questionable. It's acceptable it's not an 80s
Airfix 'fit' but at the same time isn't a Japanese fit. For me it's OK, just fiddly. The one of these I do for myself will be 1/72 for sure. I suppose it has improved my skill with types of tweezers no end as 95% of parts are too small to be handled by my chubby fingers.
Looking at the hull it will be getting a respray before completion. I have used gloves all the time but it's still suffered from handling.
As for weathering, well I'm not sure. I haven't ever really weathered anything but being a ship I am well experienced at knowing where they that and how it looks so I just need to portray this to look half decent ad the guys in the YouTube videos make look so effortless.
I will probably just go for obvious areas on the hull, hawse pipe, portholes and also where vertical uprights going the upper deck and fish plates.
Some photos attached.