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7. To even out the thick compound, the most eff ective tool for this eff ort will be your fi ngertips. Work fast though, the water-based material dries quickly.


9. T e secret sauce: single-ply toilet paper and white glue, applied with a 1-inch-wide paintbrush. In the background, a lightly sanded surface is ready to accept the next step.


8. Before the compound sets, add one fi nal touch: use a wide brush to smooth out the surface with feather-like strokes. Do not worry about the small areas that do not look right. You will fi x most of these at the next stage.


on both sides. If available, one can also refer to a ship’s building lines for the exact shape of a waterline; from these measurements it should be straightforward to make an accurate template for the model’s hull cut out.


10. As the thin paper dries it will shrink and yield hundreds of miniature ripples, rivulets and wind devils—if you have focused on making this process as random as possible.


When cutting out the insulation for the model’s hull, I refi ned it by trial and error, especially around the stem and stern, alternately placing and removing the model and looking for spots that needed more precise cutting. Proceed


gradually. When the


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