Yes, those knees are a nice touch. I did some research, looking for info on colors used. I'm going for the HMS Victory, second gun deck level. What I'm finding is that the gun carraiges were not painted red, as in the kit, they were yellow, the overhead ceiling was white, the vertical supports were black. Deck natural, inner ceiling looks like it might be yellow. The hull outside was black all the way to the cap rail with yellow banding along the gun ports, with red inside each port opening and inside hatch. Inner capstan supports where black, not red. So, I think I'm going to go with that. The kit is probably more like a frigate and not the Victory, but my friend favors the Victory, so I'll go with those colors. I'm welcome to any suggestions you folks might have on the coloring. Oh, I'm going to try to scratch build a couple of old ships laterns, not included in the kit, but did find a nice close to scale model lantern at a good price, made out of brass. Lets see what I can do by hand for the fun of it first. Cheers.... Dennis