Wood overlay deck comparison, who makes the best deck?

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Modelkit Stuff

2 жыл бұрын

we take a look at 7 deck manufacturers and compare thier decks to establish what the diffrences are

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@JeffDonahueScaleModeling 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jason, great video. It's great to see all the different manufacturers decks side by side. There really is a big difference. I have not yet tried a ship, but hope to soon. I will definitely refer back to this video when I am deciding on which deck to purchase. Thanks for sharing. Jeff

@ModelkitStuff 2 жыл бұрын

give me a shout if you need help chosing a ship

@JeffDonahueScaleModeling 2 жыл бұрын

@@ModelkitStuff I sure will Jason, I've been looking, probably a 1/350, WWI or WWII. I have already spent the budget, so it will probably be a little while. Thanks, Jeff

@stevenwheaton874 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Jason, I know I had asked you about this before. I am so glad you did a video on this. It was very informative.

@NigelsModellingBench 10 ай бұрын

Great review Jason. I have a Scaledecks deck for my Titanic and it is cut out of register with the printing, so the mahogany boards around the edge of the deck are all over the place. My biggest bugbear with all these decks is the way they stagger the planking so you end up with a grid pattern, whereas in reality the but joint at the end of each plank would not be so even. It's worth noting that Tamiya and Hasegawa use Pontos for their decks.

@giorgoschrysochoos8874 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video Jason!

@paulbrooker5203 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual, just started the Heller 1/100 victory and looking for wooden decks, found some on Ebay for £100 , that's a bit out of my price range but I do them as the plastic decks are missing from the kit , I can scratch build but would be easier using one these wooden decks as a template, waiting to hear back from Heller but I got the kit last year on Amazon. Keep up the good work.

@nickbrough8335 2 жыл бұрын

I'd check out Harry Houdini's Prince Louis (classic Airfix 1/144) YT build. He's uses a set that breaks down into individual planks, which he then lays in the correct (or a correct) deck pattern, by cutting the planks to length. To my eye, the finished effect is very pleasing on the eye, although it needs some weathering (which Harry hasn't got to yet).

@paulbrooker5203 2 жыл бұрын

@@nickbrough8335 cheers nick.

@stevenbongiorno9277 9 ай бұрын

I have a Minicraft, Titanic, in 1/350 scale. What would you recommend I use? I’m an advisor car modeler, have also done a bunch of 1/48 scale WWII bombers, but I’ve had the Titanic kit for about 15 years now, and really want to get it started. I’m also interested into finding some photo etch for it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

@ModelkitStuff 9 ай бұрын

is it the Minecraft Titanic? for etch look at toms model works they cover it all and shipyard works decks are what I have, definitely worth getting the Master turned brass masts to

@charliemessenger6537 2 жыл бұрын

Great comparison vid. Wish you would have done it about 3 weeks ago! Just bought a Scaledecks set for my Arizona. I based that off of Ben's build over on Midwest Model Shop. Fortunately, there are several videos on installing these decks, as well as all the others so I knew what I was getting into. I think the one positive of the Scaledeck install is (maybe) you have a little adjustment time. The adhesive type, as you pointed out, gives you a couple attempts before it starts coming apart. Oh well, it's all a learning curve. Has anyone used the KA Models decks? Was curious about the quality of those. Thanks Jason!

@ModelkitStuff 2 жыл бұрын

You will see I have used scale decks on my Arizona to, be very carful around the cranes my deck is about 1mm to short

@nickbrough8335 2 жыл бұрын

Jason. Thanks for this. I've never used one yet (although I have one for a 1/350 Graf Spee). I'll have to pay close attention when you next use one and then look at the end effect. I agree with you that the "winner' you picked looks to be one of the betters ones reviewed. But for me, even that one didn't appear to have much to any tonal difference across the deck. None of them look - at least in this form - that realistic, which I think means that all of the decks will need to be stained (painted) in some way to look realistic.

@ModelkitStuff 2 жыл бұрын

at 1/350 the planks would only be a pen line thick it will never be accurate and to scale whatever you do. which Graf spee do you have?

@nickbrough8335 2 жыл бұрын

@@ModelkitStuff I'd have to go to the stash and check, but I'm 99 % sure it the Academy one (not the premium version).

@ModelkitStuff 2 жыл бұрын

@@nickbrough8335 thats better than the Trumpeter one 👍🏻

@paulbridge5706 2 жыл бұрын

Good afternoon Jason I have only used pontos upgrade kits so the deck comes with the kit. I live in a semi tropical part of the world and the issue I have is the deck lifts so not sure if it is the humidity or the way I apply the deck

@ModelkitStuff 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, without seeing whats going on its difficult to say. When I have had issues with the deck lifting in the past it has come down to me not fitting it properly. The answer is lots of test fitting first. Once the deck is down go round it with something like a tooth pick and gently ensure its pushed down in all the edges. Basically if the deck pos up in the first day or so its definitely a fit issues if it happens after a while, it still could be a fit issue but also could be adhesive failure. The other thing to check before you apply the deck is that your plastic deck is completely clean and grease free including mould release agent.

@paulbridge5706 2 жыл бұрын

If it is ok I will email some photos to you and you can have a look. When I applied the deck I went over it with the end of a paint brush to make sure the deck was applied to all surfaces

@ModelkitStuff 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulbridge5706 yes no problem