Not quite ready to paint the hull, although I bought the paint today. Looking a few steps ahead, I decided to attach the planks (not sure what they're called) and paint them when I paint the hull. They're supposed to be white, so I'll paint them white after I paint the hull black. I wanted to glue them wood to wood. I also had to use CA. I've trying to do everything without CA, but some things you just can't do with PVA and clamps.
At the stern, I was supposed to bend these planks around the stern in one piece. But this is as much as I could bend them without breaking them, after several attempts. I tried hot water and an iron, but just couldn't get them bent any more.
And no, you can never have too many clamps and rubber bands.
While waiting for the glue to dry, I started darkening some of the deck parts. I used brass blackening on the brass parts and gun blue on the other pieces that I think are lead.
I tested it first on the propeller because I'm going to buy an after market 2-blade instead. Worked pretty good.
But for some reason the brass black didn't take on the ladder pieces even after washing them in denatured alcohol. I guess I'll have to paint them. I was hoping to use the gun metal blackening and brass blackening on as much as I could.