A little headway

I've been working on the Maine slowly even if I haven't posted lately. The work that I did following the paint application was a wash of the deck. I used an oil wash of very dilute burnt sienna. The goal is to be subtle...if you can notice it, you probably over did the wash. I apply it sparingly to the entire deck. I also did a very light grey wash to the hull and a mix of burnt sienna and black to the vertical superstructure.

I also painted all of the coal scuttles. These are the round objects all over the deck. They were used to load the coal into the bunkers. Normally, these probably would have been bright brass, since they were polished. I chose to make them dark grey so that I had something else that contrasted with the deck.

The pic below show the wheel house with the bridge wings added. I used strip styrene rather than the provided brass since I thought I'd get a sturdier part that way.

The only items actually glued down are the midships 6 inch guns. The other parts are simply in place for assembly check.

I've painted the brass. The kit provided brass has been augmented with Atlantic models pre-dreadnought railings as well as ratlines. I also am using some spare photoetch for the inclined ladders. The next step will be to start applying some of the etch to the centerline stairwells. A key to the assembly is to work from the centerline of the ship outwards as well as from midship to fore and aft. That helps Mr. fumble-fingers from smashing some delicate work.