One of the things that got me interested in modelling again was a miniture of a 3 island tramp steamer in an "Eyewitness" Boat book.
The finish on it though was not dead flat, but not glossy either. This one is pretty close:
This is a nice ship too, but a bit flatter (or maybe its the lighting)
One day I'm gonna build one of these - probably scratch build as I've never seen a kit.
Important to me though will be the finish.
Sometimes models are toooo flat for me. In the same breath though, if they are too glossy they can look cheap and tin like.
I''ve heard of dull coat sprays, and gloss coat sprays. Are there semi-gloss ones.
Is that the way to achive that finish, or should one buff a flat paint, or try to dull a gloss.
And do you all agree? Which finish is better in the above?
Is it related to scale too? The bigger you get should you go more glossy???