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I was planning on using blue for my port hole color to make it look like the ocean is reflecting off the port holes. I was just wondering what other people have done. This is a 1/600 ship I am doing.
Bill
On the Bench: Trumperter Tsesarevich on deck Glencoe USS Oregon
What kind of ship is it? I think with a civilian ship like a cruise ship or similar you could get away with that. On a military ship it might not work out so well. Maybe an image search on Google will turn up some examples?
Chris
"Some say the alien didn't die in the crash. It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."
I use a black fine tip Sharpie pen to make my portholes. Portholes on a ship, unless the painted metal protective cover is closed over (behind) it, almost always look black. That is, unless it is night time and light is shining out of them.
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This is Titanic, I want the portholes to show up . I have seen gray but that doesnt thrill me.
white.
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A dab of gloss in each porthole might work.
You can drill out the portholes with a small drill and pinvise. Then, use a sharp toothpick tip to daub in just a tiny drop of Micro Scale Krystal Klear or Testors window glue/glaze.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
I didnt want to drill them out because there are so many. I was just looking to color them.
I find drilling out the portholes to be much less a PITA than painting around and touching them up.
Yeah, the first couple take awhile, but your fingers get trained quite rapidly. You can do the whole second side in about the same time it took to do the first five on the first side. Your brain just wonders while the fingers do the work.
I suggest that if you go that route you put a solid divider down the center.
Lighting of course would be an added plus.
Take the easy way out. Use watercolor paint. A drop in the hole and you're good to go. If you miss, it's easy to clean up with a damp paper towel.
If you do use paint, I recommend gloss black rather than blue. Unless the ship has an extreme tumblehome the portholes reflect area near horizon rather than sky. Black is good for simulating any cavity with glazing over the opening.
Don Stauffer If you do use paint, I recommend gloss black rather than blue. Unless the ship has an extreme tumblehome the portholes reflect area near horizon rather than sky. Black is good for simulating any cavity with glazing over the opening.
Pretty often ship hulls reflect the water when they are a lighter color than black. It tends to sort of blue or gray everything a little to where it all looks pretty uniform.
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