Do wood stains work on plastic models? I was wondering if these stains work at all on the decks and hulls of plastic sailing ships or if they only mess them up or maybe even ruin them.
My main interest is the hull. So many of the 18th and early 19th century sailing ships (both merchant and warship) had dark hulls with 1 or 2 lighter shaded strips along both sides of the upper hull, mainly along the gunports on the warships. It seems that a light wood stain would look so much better than paint. One idea I have is to use that real thin cloth medical tape along the area where I want the stripe. I would then carefully brush the stain into the tape and when dry, would seal it with semi-gloss. When dry, I would then dullcote the entire hull (I always dullcote my hulls).
I don't have an old model I can try this on so what do you guys think?