Hi Daniel!
Your deck is not sealed with tar. In the real ships, the joints are wide to bring in the sealing material. And a large part of the deck will be lined and later not be visible at all. And the nails . . . ?
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Take a look at the model on the cover of this book. It makes such a good impression that it is on the cover. And it is not built in the way many people today strive for.
When is a model ship beautiful?
Best regards
Thomas
Thank you Jeronimo and Thomas for stopping by and your comments. I really appreciate them and that is what I am looking from a building thread. Like Jimsky and Heinrich comments.
Let me provide an answer to both.
@Jeronimo.... I knew you did 2 rows of nails. I check your pictures every 5 minutes . BUT !!! ... with big letters... I have an issue. When I need to do a fine detail, my hand start to shake. Very small but enough to ruin my job. If you ZOOM my posted picture (or see below picture white circle) I tried the first road of that deck with 2 nails. Looked horrible to me. I couldn't keep the distance or a straight line. I decided then to do as the Chinese modeler "1 row of nail" and for that I used a wood to help my hand (see picture below). Nevertheless, it isn't perfect, because I start to be nervous and my hand shakes more. Bottom line, I did my best.
@Thomas. I agree with you on your comments. See below the Utrecht deck picture.....where are the nails ?. You can faintly see them at the joint of 2 planks. In the hull picture are more evident, and looks like they are as Jeronimo did. The reason why I haven't done yet the hull nails is because I am afraid of ruin it. On the below pictures you can see the nails of the UTRECHT. Looks like it is a mixture of all the situations
Thanks again for all your comments!!!!!
Daniel