Planking Spread Sticker Wood Sheet (width 1.2mm) for Wood Sailing Ship

A 1.2 mm planking sheet

The narrow variant of the material from Artwox Model carries the dimension 1.2 mm and a self-adhesive finish according to the name. It is a stock for laying by hand, not a finished deck cut for one particular hull. It comes into its own mainly where the work is on a small area and where a coarser dimension would look disproportionately massive.

The small areas that decide it

Besides the main deck a sailing ship usually has a number of smaller places that call for a solution of their own: hatch covers, steps, gangways or the floorboards of boats. It is exactly these details that the viewer takes in up close, and a plastic surface gives itself away there fastest. A narrow dimension is moreover the only sensible choice in places where two wide rows simply would not fit.

Before you reach for the scalpel

Try the layout dry on a paper copy of the area first. Lay the rows so that the ends of neighboring rows do not finish above one another, otherwise a conspicuous transverse line appears. Once it is finished, a light press with a smooth tool helps to level the edges and bring out the division between the rows. Small gaps can be filled with a piece of offcut; they disappear into the finished surface anyway.

Who it will serve

• modelers fine-tuning details on smaller areas
• builders who work with a magnifier and like small work
• anyone who wants to add the dimension they are missing
• those who build boats and accessories for larger ships
• repairers of older models with a damaged surface