Thank you very much Paul. This build has been a self inflicted challenge (a very enjoyable one) at every turn which is everything we can ask for.
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Good morning Paul. I’m using 4 different options to get some shades of cherry.
1. On the frames and beams etc I use polyurethane Matt ( water based).
2. the bulkwarks and cannon ports I use a more redder cherry stain (Woodoc Gel stain).
I give this one coat of polyurethane.
3. Where I want a more richer, darker cherry I use linseed oil ( this is dust magnet and drives me nuts) e.g cannon carriages and panels on the removable bulkheads. No polyurethane.
4. Indian ink for black.
It has been a vertical learning using stains only and many errors have been made- e.g. my cut outs where the maple edges show, the red cherry just won’t go into the maple and the red is different. Not too visible but of course I see it all the time.
Good morning Bill. Thank you kindly. I’m definitely still in the kadet class, no longer a rookie however continue to make multitude rookie errors
. I look at some of the guys build and ask “how on earth do they do that”.
Good morning Stephan. True story my ship is full of humanities
. Yea I didn’t think of putting a treenail in my carriage
. I now have a beam over it so a musket hole shall remain.
Cheers Grant
