L.O.2 planning making my model

To make my model ship I will work with the teacher and use the materials that are available to us. The materials that we can use are cardboard, paper, glue, fabric, paint, wood, thin wire and string. To put the model together we will be using some equipment that are in her room. Some of the equipment that I will use is a glue gun and a carving knife. We will begin by first making the hull of the ship. Then the deck and then everything on the deck. After we have done the basic shape of the ship we will begin to add detail to in. Some of the detailed things we will add to the ship is the two masts and walkways between the superstructure and the outermost walls on the side of the ship running down the length of the ship starting from where the bridge starts and going back however we will not add the portholes yet I we can we will add detail to the inside of the ship next but only where it is important e.g. the bridge and wheelhouse. After we have done the shape and detail we will start to paint it. First we will paint the Hull of the Ship then the deck and everything on it. When the hull is dry I will put in the portholes and if I can the propeller. The portholes will be little circles of paint either white or a yellow type colour to show that the light is on. If we do this then I will need to make some of them black because not all of the lights would be on but this would make them hard to see so I will probably make all of them yellow. When the ship has been painted and it has all dried if we were able to make parts of the inside e.g. the wheelhouse then I will paint them. Because of the things we are using to make the model detail will be hard to make so if I want to put any detail on to the ship then I will need to paint them on. Some areas of the ship that will be hard to paint will be the deck because I don't want it to be just a single coulor. Another hard area is the wheelhouse and the bridge because it is inside the ship and it will be difficult to get the paint brush inside. If everything goes very well and we have the right materials then I could add a light in the wheelhouse that can be turned on and off. Another bit of detail that I could make is railings on the deck of the ship at the bow and stern. To make them I could use thin bits of wire. This might be a bit hard because it would be hard to bend because it is small and would need to be put into the deck witch could damage it. Another thing that I could put onto the bow of the ship is heavy chains made of thin wire and other things that would have been on a ship at the time. On the structure that is on the deck I will put doors into the ship. They will not open and will be painted a darker brown then the deck. Another fine bit of detail that I could paint on is to draw a golden coloured hand rail down the length of the ship in the walkways of the ship. On the bridge and on decks that overlooked either the bow or stern there are, instead of railings low walls that you can look over. Here I will paint a brown wooden rail that would have been there if the ship was real. If I decide to name the ship then after the hull has dried I will write the name of the ship in gold on the side just below the deck at the bow. The basic coulors of the ship will be a red keel with the rest of the hull black (not including portholes) the deck will be a light brown colour. (If I can I will use slightly different shades to make it look like decking not just on colour) The structure on the deck will be white. The bottom 3/4 of the funnel will be orange and the top will be black. Between the hull and the deck there will be a thin gold strip. The portholes will be a dim yellow and the propeller will be bronze coloured.