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Spanish Navy Battleship PELAYO, 1895

The railing of the sternwalk was actually PE ratline footrope, this was cut from an old GMM 1/700 Titanic set it gave the correct appearance of close-space vertical railing, the lower edge was tidied with some self adhesive RC Cammet vinyl tape. I used this type of tape extensively for all aspects of construction on this model.



White is a problem color when brushed onto very small areas in my experience, so a smooth surface that can easily be achieved with consistency in tone and finish is an attractive proposition, especially when edges can be trimmed back with a sharp blade.



Using a combination of various widths of the aforementioned tape I was able to easily achieve the fiddly color separation lines on much of the superstructure, as well as make crisp scuttle lids and windows.



The main central superstructure had the windows made by laying down a strip of black tape and painting the window divisions in as appropriate. The conning position had a new roof made of paper, which gave the correct step up from the main bridge wings. The lower bridge had the walkway added aft along with the the girder supports made of sprue and PE scrap. this was finished off with life-rings fitted according to photos. Flagboxes, small rope reels and telegraphs were applied to the fwd lower bridge.

By overlaying a thin red vinyl band onto a pre-fitted white band a crisp white boot top demarcation line was easily achieved.



I added the deck-edge strakes made from thin fusewire as can be seen in the photos.