Here is a photo of the USS Constellation taken by me when I boarded her with my son. You can see the sea through the Tie Down hole.

Mask the between of the deck pattern.
I used the Zimmerit coating technique which is popular in AFV modeling.
Thinned Tamiya polyester putty with Gunze Mr. Color thinner, then paste it on the deck.

Then slide the Tamiya Zimmerit tool. I used 0.5mm blade.
Spread the paste until it become transparent.
Don't make the lines as if drawn by machine.

The pattern between the panels is in a longitudinal direction. I put thinned Tamiya regular putty, and then mark patterns with the brush.
The completion of the deck surface pattern.

Put the Flightpath's Tie Down anchor in the hole.

Glue etched part on the metal part with instant glue.
Pour pulpy thinned polyester putty into the gap around the hole.

Copyright © 2005 Masa Narita

July 10, 2005

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