Day 10: Painting the bottom part of the hull

Part of the lower half of the hull was painted using red anti-fouling paint.
Anti fouling paint  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-fouling_paint is used to stop barnacles and other sea organisms clinging to the ship, this would make it less efficient in the water.

This is a large area to paint so I will use an airbrush. I've not used one before so fingers crossed!

The hull masked off, ready for painting

Airbrush ready to go!

Finished!

After drying I removed the masking tape. I'm very pleased with the results :)

Detail around the rudder

A good clean line and nice even coat of paint, just what I wanted!

Days 7-9: Applying the wooden planking and Well deck details

Before applying the wooden planks I need to remove the plastic moulded parts that will later be replaced with the photo etched stuff.

My Trusty Dremmel is used to grind off the unneeded parts, here part of the wall has been removed 

All parts are removed from the Well deck now it's time to apply the wooden planking. 

Upper Well Deck planking applied, looks great!

Wooden planking finished for the Well deck

Now I can paint some of the deck features

More details added to the deck, including the rigging.