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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Varianor Abroad" data-source="post: 2523543" data-attributes="member: 12425">Thanks again for all the advice folks! Given the costs of making the Maiden properly, I've shelved that for the time. I plan to do it in the future. It looks so nice. But I need something functional first and pretty second. I decided to model this more on what I saw of Rel's project. So I got a sheet of styrofoam from Michael's last night and I'm going to look at various deck plans. Then I'm going to sketch the outline onto the foam and cut it out. (The piece I got is a nice tabletop size - 12 x 36 inches.) I'm still wondering what to do at that point once I have a basic deck. I'll probably do a second deck, but I need to experiment first with the grids.Has anyone done paint on styrofoam? How has that worked out? I would imagine that the grids are the hardest to lay out. I figure if I do this option I'd paint, then lay out the grids then put the cabins and bulkheads on top. Paint is appealing because it will have a more finished look than option 2 (see below) with the edges showing. Do you prime? How many layers? A second option would be to use cardboard (again because I have it and it's cheap and brown colored like wood) as an overlay on the styrofoam. The styrofoam will give the deck some "height". The cardboard will cover it for looks and ease of ruling the grid and the cabins. This will be good colorwise, but bad lookswise due to the edge of the cardboard on top of the foam.A third option would be to use a printed deck plan laid over the foam. This is my least favorite option because it requires spending money to print the plan at Kinkos.Once I get all this figured out, then I'll worry about the gasbags. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Thanks again for all the help!</blockquote>

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