Hi all.  I have inherited a 6ft long wooden model boat built in the late 1940's that I am attempting to bring back to life.  The wooden planked hull is sound but was covered in canvas that is rotten and I believe epoxy resin would provide a modern waterproofing solution.
Questions / recommendations:  would a epoxy coating resin suffice or would it be better to use a glass surface tissue or a filler powder ( microballons ) for durability ?    Is it possible to add a pigment or is it preferable to paint the resin later - to keep the boat original it needs to be sand coloured.
Any advice greatly appreciated as boat too precious to make a mess of it. 
Cheers.
Roger.

I believe these are originally done in either silk or canvas with cellulose nitrate dope.  You could do it with an epoxy and fine cloth but it might be good to go all original.

Yes ... Epoxy resin and very fine glass weave is the way to go, forget "going original" Cellulose Nitrate dope and canvas is very difficult to get right, AND both a breathing and extreme flammability hazard.

Clean the wood surface very gently, and sand it smooth, again gently, then apply a thin layer of epoxy resin, and let it cure to a tack, then lay up with thin glass weave (under 100 gsm) and coat with a few layers  of epoxy.    Then you can sand the surface nice and smooth, and paint the hull with a good quality boat varnish of the right colour

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Nice, get some photos up... I've got a half built 3ft fire tender I've been building for 20+ years