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You can also look for "finger cots", small rubber or cotton covers for your fingertips when you have to hold the model.

Your fingerprints would just get on the varnish instead of the paint. The best way to prevent fingerprints on the model is to hold it through a base or interior. Mount it to wherever you plan on putting it when you finish, and handle the model through that.

Hi

Can some one help please, i am building my first proper build, Trumpeters HMS Daring. I have almost finished the hull, is it best to now varnish the hull so i can protect it from fingers etc when adding the superstructures?

Or do builders use some form of cradle to hold the hull??

Thanks Bob