HMS Alert [1777] 1:48 POF by serikoff. (Two hulls: skeleton and fully rigged)

[kuba91nt]

I'm not sure I understood the question correctly, but I'll say this: any gap in wood or between two parts will be very visible after applying oil. CA glue works similarly. It also greatly highlights cracks by filling them. To prevent it from shining, it needs to be sanded or scraped off, but this will still leave a black line, albeit a matte one. Filling gaps... depends on the purpose. If I want to highlight something with a dark line, I intentionally create such a gap and the glue highlights it, but more often than not, the gap itself under the oil creates the same effect of a dark line. I hope I answered the question, or could you clarify what you mean?

Not all.
I've seen videos where Olha for example, drills holes for dowels, nails, but instead of this nails, she put CA glue into this holes and fills them with CA glue, and next sanded.
Similarly, if there's a large gap in wood, some modelers fills it with glue instead of using putty.
CA fills gaps like putty.

 

[serikoff]

To be honest, these three ship models aren't the only ones I have.

Back in 2002, I started building my first ship, the brig Mercury. I wrote about it earlier in my Victory thread.
It's scary to think, but more than 22 years have passed...

But the main thing is that this photo of me with the ship is the only one I have together. I need to fix that somehow.

Naturally, the materials balsa and linden do not correspond to the result one should strive for, therefore this model will remain only in my memory as what it all began with.