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Scratchbuilding A New Deck for IJN Kaga

Step 6…

Doing the bow and aft metal decks would not be hard but after looking at my references I noted that the deck was composed of different grays. I masked and painted the areas allowing each section several hours to dry before doing the next as shown in the photo. I used these colors because I had them on hand already and did not need to make a trip to the local hobby shop. I also painted the styrene strips that would go in between the wood sections. Three were Kure gray and two were Sesebo gray; these latter two would go between sections 4 and 5 of the wood deck and be double the size.