Scratchie

The hull is beginning to get close, I put on a coat of primer followed by sealer to look for imperfections - found them of course! Anyway, this is a 1930 passenger/cargo ship, and I was wondering if the hull should be flat, semi-gloss, gloss. One person suggested waxing, but I have no idea what type of wax/proper application. Any ideas would be welcome.

Thanks


A few building pics below with the substructures for decks and cabins.

Harquebus

I think it was said once that gloss is too much, flat is for military vessels and so semi-gloss (satin) would look best scale-wise for a commercial vessel. Thing is, very glossy vessels would eventually oxidize from sun, salt exposure losing a great deal of shininess. The underwater hull is certainly going to wear differently so I think a flat/matte finish is in order there.

Scratchie

I was thinking about a satin/flat combination. I'll try it and see how it looks. Someone once said, "there's nothing made out of wood that can't be fixed"...

Harquebus

Sounds good to me. And wood is a wonderful medium of course.