Right now Im working on the USS Missouri and I cant paint it properly. I want to give the deck a wood finish, but I cant seem to paint it without it, getting on the other parts. any tips would be appreciated. thanks in advance

A very steady hand,or masking off are really your only choices I can think of.

I would recommend holding a piece of paper against the surfaces you don't want to paint.

If you're using a brush, try to brace your hand to steady the brush and try not to overload the paint and make sure its thinned to flow properly. A proper sized and type of brush will help too, not too big, not too small, flat for general coverage, rounds for detail and medium/fie coverage. Patience and practice are about the only way apart from masking as mentioned.

Kimmo

I'm not a ship builder Hamza,but beyond what the others have said,is only that in the future study the instructions and try to anticipate what areas are going to be difficult to paint later and paint those parts before assembly.

Tom

I find that if I have an unsteady hand, I have a pint of beer, I find it's just enough to take the edge of the trembles.

Exactly Tom! Pre-painting while assembling works on ALL type of projects when masking is just not an option.




Jeff

That my friend is why I build armor. Less painting precision needed for most projects. I uses to do mainly aircraft and always had trouble staying precise. Once I tried my first armor build I was hooked. "Most" painting mistakes can be hidden by future weathering unless of course you aren't planning to weather, but what fun is that I do like the beer suggestion though

the heck with the pint go with a gallon .
One of the things you can try is enamel over and acrylic base coat . If you say want to paint the wooden deck use an enamel, let that sit till it skins then take a brush , wet it with enamel thinner then you can remove any over painted details . The enamel thinner will not react with the acrylic and since enamel is more forgiving you can touch up any errors. The thinner will overflow the enamel and as long as you do not scrub the enamel the thinner will just evaporate away . Now be careful and don't be to aggressive with the scrubbing since enamel thinner will ultimately remove acrylic also . I have done this with Tamiya and Mr hobby paints and Vallejo panzer aces . And Humbrol enamels . Not sure how life color will react .