had to sign write the name as how the original was ( also painting the name of the next model I will be working on later this year ,hopefully, an Australian Tuna vessel "Charissa".
The name as it was "Wendy-J".
Front view of her rigging.
Giving the sponsons a second coat of black paint.
The stand with her name.
My thanks to Peter Fitness he explained to me how to go about transferring the name onto the model, as I wanted to have the exact shaped lettering as the original vessel, as I couldn't obtain the exact lettering fonts, i traced the lettering off the original photo onto tracing paper and painted the name and shadow.
Then my Sister, Adele scanned it onto the clear water slide Decal paper, then i gave it 3 light coats of Clear Acrylic spray, when that was dry, after cutting the shape around the lettering soaked it for 30 seconds in water then then slid it into it's position on the model (or stand) when that was dry masked around the lettering and gave a couple light coats to help bond and seal them .