Great planking, Zoly. Moving along nicely. Ok
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Looking good brother
Thanks Mike,the first layer is basswood.
What wood will you plan\use for the second layer?
The second layer below the whale is cherry,the whale will be pear wood stained black ,above the whale is Alascan yellow cedar.
Also the rail cap maybe will be walnut and below the railcap one strip cherry or walnut
Very nice wood selection! What stain do you use?
Minwax ebony black
Thank you for the reply. For some reason, it didn't work on Charles Royal Yacht. It just simply didn't completely dry no matter what after 48 hours, weeks month. It might be a wood...Hoping you will not have a headache I had. Will reveal the mystery under the title ' A Tale for the whale' (soon) in my building log. LOL
Jim, Min-Wax has a tube type stain, they have it in Ebony, I think it is called Onyx, used it some time ago, and it worked quite well maybe worth a try, none of the stores have it, but amozon has it under Min-Wax, hope it helps. Don
Thank a bunch, Don. I will certainly try. This is what are you talking about I just bought one.
Great looking work Zoly! Nice choice on your wood.
Thank you Mike,also the deck will be teak,inboard of the bulwark is cherry.
Very fine wood selection, Zoly, My big guess you will cover all the wood with the oil? If yes, what oil will you use?
Not sure Jim,I never used oil yet just poly.
Zoly try the Tru-oil by Birchwood Casey. I have used it on gun stocks since I can remember. I used it for the first time on the Black Pearl Build and it will now be my go to finish for ships. I have also always used poly on my ships but it never brought out the beauty of the wood like the tru-oil does it's a night and day difference brother.
The Tru-oil goes on smooth as silk can be rubbed on or brushed( I prefer to hand rub it on the surface) it dries super fast and it has it's own top coat built right in no need to apply a finish coat. If you brush it on heavy the finish is semi gloss hand rubbed its satin I use 000 or 0000 wool between coats. What I did on the pearl is brush coat it this left it semi glossed I rubbed that shine off with the wool and put a coat of poly satin over it and it looks so amazing the pictures I post dont do it justice brother. The reason I brushed it on the ship is because of the large area I had to apply it to. All the decks were hand rubbed on but the hull got brushed sanded to a dull finish and poly applied.
Though true oil is an oil you can use polycyclic right over it once its dry. I tested this on several wood parts and the results always came out the same
The Tru-oil goes on smooth as silk can be rubbed on or brushed( I prefer to hand rub it on the surface) it dries super fast and it has it's own top coat built right in no need to apply a finish coat. If you brush it on heavy the finish is semi gloss hand rubbed its satin I use 000 or 0000 wool between coats. What I did on the pearl is brush coat it this left it semi glossed I rubbed that shine off with the wool and put a coat of poly satin over it and it looks so amazing the pictures I post dont do it justice brother. The reason I brushed it on the ship is because of the large area I had to apply it to. All the decks were hand rubbed on but the hull got brushed sanded to a dull finish and poly applied.
Though true oil is an oil you can use polycyclic right over it once its dry. I tested this on several wood parts and the results always came out the same
Zoly, you may be missing a lot...While finishing model it is a personal taste and preference, try using oil next time. I can double what Joe said in his post, however, every one of us, has its own preference in Oils for use. At least with Linseed oil, you cannot go wrong. Once tried, you will not believe in the results. Not glossy, nice matte and it deeper colour with every coat. It is great protective material against moist as well. The only caveat that it takes more than few days to completely dry.
Happy oiling!