DougE Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 How does everyone paint the decking on their model ships? I've got an older Academy kit from the 90's of the Titanic and never painted wood decking. Any techniques to make the plastic decking look good? Thanks, Doug Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 There are many different techniques. They generally start with a light wood color for the whole deck and then various techniques to vary the colors (just using washes, masking planks with itty bitty bits of tape and overpainting many times, highlighting individual planks with colored pencil, so on). However these are mostly for battleships whose decks are weathered and more built for practicality than looks. The Titanic's deck is remarkably uniform in color with wood that had a very tight grain so there isn't much you can do at that scale. If the model has raised planking detail you might try picking it out with a near-black. There are many period pictures of the deck, and you can take some hints from the Titanic movie as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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