Hull Painting

After the gold dried I started painting the lower relief Testors Flat Black and Polly Scale Middle Stone Acrylic. I think the middle stone looks more like fresh lumber then tan. I painted the strakes flat black also. I painted the strakes pretty sloppy because I will be masking around them to make a neat appearance with the hull color. At this time I painted the parts for the stairs and bulkheads Testors Flat Red with the raised relief in gold. The transom and stern gallery windows I painted Model Master Dark Ghost Gray.

Painting continued, the deck.

The deck is one large piece and like most large pieces it is really warped. That is something I'll deal with later but for now the painting is pretty simple. There is only one raised feature on the deck and I painted it Tamya dark brown. After this dried, Testors Model Master Dark Tan was painted on the rest of the deck.

Starting to paint the hull

This model will need a lot of detail painting! Just look at all the decoration on the hull. I have found the best way to tackle this is to start painting the highest relief items first and work to the lowest relief. This way I can push the paint up to the edge of the raised part. I started with the gold wreaths around the gun ports. Testors gold was painted on and around the wreaths and other hull decorations and left to dry. At this time the bulwarks were painted Testors flat red.

Starting the kit

I've had this kit in my collection for a few years now, and I'm finally going to start it. From what I've read this kit is no longer in production, but they still pop up on ebay from time to time. The kit is molded in one color, tan, styrene. I cluded is one spool of rigging thread and one flag sheet. The molding looks pretty good with fairly crisp details and minimal flash.