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Building The HMS Mary Rose, 1916

I did not feel that applying the plating strakes as separate layers was likely to look ‘in-scale’… so I elected to imply their presence by using a thin pencil line run along a strip of Tamiya masking tape; the ‘plating’ lines were then brushed across vertically with powdered graphite dust ( pencil on 1200 grit) using Methylated spirits as the carrier-so as not to disturb the underlying enamel paint.

After painting the underside red the black boot-top was applied using my usual method of vinyl matt RC Cammett tape –this avoided any potential tears with masking tape on a weathered and completed hull.

The upper decks on these vessels were covered in Corticene over steel decks, the strips of Corticene were not defined along the edges on the casting- I decided to achieve crisp edges by using the vinyl tape again cut into the appropriate sizes and shapes.



Were the Corticene was cut around bollards and deck fittings etc. I drew a line with a pencil to act as a barrier to the paint.
The kit’s torpedo tubes were cast in white metal; these however were not sharp enough for my liking so I elected to make replacements using aluminium tubes with copper wire.



The end result justified the effort...