How I paint model ship Deck Planking.. one for Ron!!

In this video I show you how I go about painting a ships deck, in this case Titanic, and overcome the single painted plastic deck look. Please note, I would suggest using XF-57 rather than XF-59 as I have done here.

[@johnschaffner2660]

Hi - I have never painted plastic decks using your method ! Up to now ! Your video was invaluable and my results were 100 % .

[@JohnVilla1960]

I served on ship with wooden decks. The planking was more a light grey due to bleaching by the sun. It did go brown when it was wet.

[@kevinm498]

I love watching Ron. He has a great outlook on life and nothing seems to get him down. I always look forward to his nightly uploads

[@soppdrake]

Ron is awesome! Part 1830 is at the top of my feed. He's now building Trumpeter's humungous UBoat

[@hawaiiancane1]

The Deck looks great! Thank you for advice!

[@roncalverley]

Wow! Thanks Nigel ! Pleasant surprise! Brilliant! Now just to make myself do it, lol. 👍🙂

[@rodadams8422]

Absolutely remarkable it really does look like wood Incredible 🎉

[@brucegibbins3792]

First time visitor to this channel and already have learned some valuable techniques for painting ships decks. Thanks, mate.

[@NigelsModellingBench]

Great to hear!

[@MrCarsdude]

I love this, Incredible job, Nigel.

[@rhondajones1313]

Real nice. I am going to try this on my USS Constitution. Thank you

[@mp-modelplastic]

Excelente video Nigel, very good tips and tecnic well explain. Thank you , greetings from Portugal🙂👋

[@NigelsModellingBench]

My pleasure!

[@jamesmoore6146]

I just received the Scale Decks kit for my 1/200 Titanic.They are printed just as you have done with different ink tones and are very nice addition to the kit.

[@Bryan-cs9to]

Nigel I've found using Clear Orange also works well for creating wood finishes

[@pAlmer27]

Muchas gracias, voy a hacer unas pruebas con tus consejos.

[@jerryplews1023]

outstanding job, top colour looks really good

[@c.f.pedraza4057]

The side with the clear yellow reminds me of maple. Looks so awesome.

[@JeffDonahueScaleModeling]

Nice video Nigel, full of great information. I have been watching Ron since he started the Bismark. He has a lot of fun building his ship models. I will be really interested to see if he gives your method a try.

[@tonyl7418]

Nigel, thanks for the great video for Ron. I’ve been watching Ron from episode 1 of the model ship. Had a few suggestions for Ron, hopefully helped him out. Also proud to say some of my work is on that models. BTW, like those porthole jigs you designed. Ingenious!

[@olivercooney6645]

What a cracking out the blue video it really is great to hear you getting excited while your at the bench cheers nige for taking time out to do the video hope you & Jess are well

[@HO-bndk]

Wood weathers to a light grey colour.

[@paulleigh7792]

Having visited the Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, I can confirm wood weathers grey. FWIW!

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

Fascinating. It's one of those areas which sadly modern cameras really struggle with in showing the subtleties of the colour variations. I'm sure most of us have our own favoured concoctions for the job, but my biggest tip of all for ANY weathering on any subject is to do it in natural daylight wherever possible. Even the so-called 'daylight' bulbs aren't truly natural. 👍

[@AlexModeling]

Love this video! Thanks for sharing!

[@NigelsModellingBench]

You are so welcome!

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

What a great video. Learnt a lot. Thanks for sharing

[@NigelsModellingBench]

Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site thanks. You’re welcome!!

[@hibbosmodelbench2351]

Trying to find one of those infinity Mats is like trying to find a cheap beer that is worth drinking. What an awesome way to do a deck mate. Will be giving it a try

[@NigelsModellingBench]

Hi Simon, it's infini not infinity. This could be your problem when searching for one??

[@hibbosmodelbench2351]

@@NigelsModellingBench auto correct did that. Can’t get Infini or infinity mats here. Hahaha

[@pAlmer27]

En Aliexpress venden varias. Soy de México y ahí consigo muchas herramientas.

[@meawayfromhome]

Hi Nigel, well done looks impressive, you’ve really put the pressure on Ron now.

[@NigelsModellingBench]

I try lol

[@ellagrant6190]

"When it's too hot the paint just dries too fast." Yeah. Living in Australia, I get that issue by default and it took me a few years to figure out that as I had little context to know that the paints were drying quicker than was intended. Too quick to do a lot of good blending.

[@jasondawn1095]

That's a wonderful technique and I use a similar one myself but I think it may be too much of a chore for what Ron seems to be going for. I hope he gives it a go however,I know he's be happy with the result.

[@diogenes34]

I also like Ron’s video’s.😀

[@joffreyiii4024]

That's an amazing technique, thanks for sharing. I got a wooden deck from MK1 Design for my 1/200 Bismarck - would you recommend this or a similar procedure for weathering? I don't want to go overboard on it as Bismarck wasn't that old when he sank. (Yes, Bismarck is a 'he', don't know why :-/) I like Ron and his channel, he also built Titanic and Lusitania I believe, he is a very relaxed individual even when things go Snafu. Anyway stay safe and the heat here is getting better, hope it cools down at your end of the world too. Otherwise a cold pint will do the trick :-) Cheers mate.

[@claeswikberg8958]

instead of masking, just use artist pens in different shades and paint the planks randomly, (like 2 or more colors per plank) the edges wont be as sharp and it will look more organic, that's how i like it in 1/350 atleast.

[@brettlawrence4200]

Nice Video Nigel,its great to see someone using paint instead of the wooden decks that everyone uses nowadays(i dont like em they always look over scaled n you can tell its a sheet of wood n not individual planks).Im a new subscriber and love Your channel already,also just subscribed to Ron Cheers Mate.im building the 1/200 HMS HOOD but its taking me ages because im correcting all the inaccuracy's that the kits got n believe me its got a bloody lot,so im scratch building a large part of the model.But im Enjoying every bloody minute of it.Looking forward to the B52 builds.Take Care n Happy Modeling

[@NigelsModellingBench]

I have that kit and the Pontos set too.. I'll probably never get round to it...

[@defiant9112]

Do you spray the planking and then hand paint all the white parts afterwards?

[@NigelsModellingBench]

Good question.. i would more than likely mask the deck and spray the white bits.

[@defiant9112]

Nigel’s Modelling Bench I guess either way there s no quick way, even the deck bits on my boat are quite random and in places quite small so masking is going to be interesting.

[@eppurse]

I wonder if you have a palette, then had a blend on the palette of the two colors, add thinner, hand paint all planks would be similar but not identical in color

[@ModelkitStuff]

Yep its a good but time consuming method. The other advantage to doing this is you don’t need an expensive deck overlay that then hides the low level deck fittings. Nicely done👍🏻

[@reginaldgraves1684]

I have never understood the reason for putting wood veneer on plastic models. The deck of a ship has no noticeable variation in colour or texture, certainly any variation is less noticeable than the caulking yet I have not seen modellers accentuating lines of caulking. My reasoning is that if you get close enough to your computer screen you will see that there are thousands of collared pixels which, from a distance, is one colour. Do we ever get that close to the deck on a scale model?

[@rafaeleclectic]

Hello Nigel, your video remembered me one video of the japanese series "Plamo tsukuro", specifically season 2 episode 6 "Trumpeter 1/350 USN CV-2 Lexington" where the modeler Einosuke Hino used a simmilar approach to mask the deck to get at the end the effect of different wood colors. On this link you can see his video kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6rWn6ZpdpqhoM0 and starting on minute 44 you can see his masking process. Both ways have excelent results however to me your's gets there within less time and above all avoiding a wrong cut over the plastic that might end on a damaged surface. By the way that's a wonderful cutting tape matt.

[@MrNightrider666]

Hi Nigel Sorry to bother you, what is that tool you use to apply your CA Glue with Regards Bill

[@NigelsModellingBench]

It's called a glue looper mate. That one is RB tools but others are available.

[@howling_at_the_moon1]

Hi Nigel 👋 That was Interesting to watch as I'm new to modelling. In fact I'm about to Start my first Ship. Its Henry Morgan Galleon. Its By LindBurge But it dont tell you what paint to use,code wise I mean. Do you think I should just go by the Colour of the picture on the Box and try match it as best I can. I'll be watching more of your vids. Just Subscribed 👍

[@NigelsModellingBench]

Hi, it's your model, you can paint it pink with blue spots if you like.. or, you can research the subject and have everything painted in the perfect matching colour.

[@howling_at_the_moon1]

Thanks for the reply, yer I'll do the Colour that it shows on the box. I want it as near as I can as H Morgan House is about 500yrds from where I live in Cardiff. Its called The Llanrumney Hall.

[@robertthornton1171]

Name of what you cut the tape on? I imagine I can get it on the interweb?

[@JeffDonahueScaleModeling]

It's an Infini Cutting Mat. They make several different types.

[@NigelsModellingBench]

Infini easy cutting mat type A.

[@aussiefrenchman-hobbytable9960]

Hi Nigel great video ,follow you and Ron , half way through building Trumpeter Chinese Junk, ( see it on my channel) lol your a month late, wish id seen this video earlier 👏👏👏👏👏

[@MrStrangegoo]

The lower sample looks far more like the decking aboard a liner. It would be teak, Oak. Mahogany any rot resistive wood.

[@robverheij561]

why not use last Tamiya panel line accent colour brown????

[@NigelsModellingBench]

I could use it.. but I don't have any. It is basically the same thing as I used.

[@bebopkirby]

Does this device work with 350 scale as well?

[@NigelsModellingBench]

Device? I think you mean "process"? Yes it can work at any scale. I have a beginners playlist on this channel where I cover wood grain in depth.

[@bebopkirby]

@@NigelsModellingBench Wow that was fast, l still haven’t finished your video. No l understand the process, l was referring to the Infini easycuting cutter itself, wondering if the thinnest strips you can make, work just as well with a smaller scale like 350. l take it you say it does. Thanks

[@NigelsModellingBench]

@@bebopkirby sorry. Yes, the cutting mat goes down to 0.4mm which could even be used on 1/700 perhaps??

[@The_last_prime]

I prefer 55

[@NigelsModellingBench]

Yeah.. i know what you mean.. 55 is old and faded, 78 is a little yellow perhaps. i think scale also plays a part. I would use 78 on a larger model whereas I think 55 would look better on a 1/700 model warship.

[@The_last_prime]

@@NigelsModellingBench yeah fair point 55 is amazing on 1:700 and i personally would use 78 on 1:350 and even larger scales

[@S_MannMann]

THANKS! Very Interesting & Effective Technique! Hope Ron gives this a try!!! What do you think of using Tamiya's PANEL LINE WASH to pull up the joints in the deck? (kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4KQmoKea7mMiNE) (It's not too late for him to try the WOOD DECK too) Also, don't you think he should use BRASS (Small UpGrade Kit) for MASTS, SPARS, etc. Good to hear something from Aussie Trekkie - sounds like he's been having a really rough time!

[@NigelsModellingBench]

I could have used Tamiya panel line wash, which is basically the same thing as I used. I don't have any though.. I think Ron likes to build out of the box.

[@agwhitaker]

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[@od1452]

Thank you but Just do it . Too much explaining. I think people know how to remove a mask. Good information but everybody wants my attention. .. edit more and you viewers might increase. About 10 mins is usually about all you need.

[@NigelsModellingBench]

You seem to be so knowledgeable on making videos. Well done!! Noticed your comment is the only negative one??

[@od1452]

@@NigelsModellingBench I'm sorry. I didn't mean it to be negative. A suggestion that may be helpful.