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Thanks for the nice comments Glen!
Hi Bob, the decks are made of two layers. The base layer is thin card stock that's nicely laser-cut. On top of that is a printed deck which is not laser cut. There's not scoring or anything, but the planking details are very nicely done and the planks have a slight color variation, so it looks very realistic.
There is a slight sheen to the printed parts. So, at some point, I'll spray the whole model with dull coat. But, I also tend to give a very light wash of acrylic paint to make the "wood" look more natural. The printed parts look a little too crisp otherwise. I did this with my paper model of HMS Alert and displayed it as a ship model conference. People kept asking me what kind of wood I used!
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