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BELOW: The Santa Maria's bow. After
the intense wash, this ship had lost most of her color. I experimented with mixed tints of stain and paints to bring back
her beauty as best I could. Her bow was actually craked in half from dry rot, so I had to sand down the jagged edges
and fill the crack in with filler. I sanded down the whole fore deck, restained it, and here it is. Once the ship was done,
I sealed her in a very thin coat of polyurethane.
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Below: The Santa Maria's sails. Before washing, the decorations on the sails were virtually invisible.
Believe it or not, these sails are made of wood. I took cotton cloth squares that I use to clean my guns and gently swabbed
her sails down with antique wood cleaner. I then wiped off the residue with clean swabs, and oiled the sails with tung oil
to give them some moisture. When dry, I sealed the sails.
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BELOW: Her aft section. All the coloring on her woodwork had vanished, with only a hint of
the true colors remaining - just enough for me to color match with paints and stains. I made several attempts to repair her
rigging, but it was so brittle and dry that I damaged more than I fixed. Using my air brush, I oiled the rigging down to add
moisture and then left well enough alone.
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