HMS Hood 1/200 Hachette /Amati Wooden kit Build Part 67 1st set of Decking
Hello again with superstructure resanded and primed then top coated we are now ready for the 1st sets of decking
These were very thin laminate is it coconut bark or similar that they use anyway the bottom line is you have to cut it out as there’s no laser cutting these pieces so with trepidation I made my 1st cut using a model knife brand new blade and steel straight edge I soon gave this up as it was impossible to do curves and besides you have to custom fit the decking to your model necessitating several fittings and cuttings to get an exact fit they have allowed for this by giving you a 3 mm waist border around each piece which you trim to fit your arrangement
With this in mind I resorted to some very fine scissors the type that look like tweezers but have blades instead of pointed tips this allowed me to cut the curves where required
After that it was a case of gluing each section into place there not perfect but hopefully the decking above will conceal most of the errors etc anyway here’s what we have at present you’ll also notice I managed to ping off a inner door during the deck fitting so that will be re glued after the decks have dried and set firm