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Simulating wood?

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Simulating wood?
Posted by skipper74134 on Friday, February 10, 2012 11:16 PM

I'm working on an Albatros WW I fighter and was wondering what is the best  technique for simulating a wood finish on a plastic kit? Any web sites or FSM back issues that cover this?

  • Member since
    February 2006
  • From: Smithers, BC, Canada
Posted by ruddratt on Friday, February 10, 2012 11:41 PM

I usually start with a base coat of Tamiya XF-55, give it a good acrylic gloss coat, then, working with raw umber oil paint (thinned a bit along with a drop of Japan Dryer added), take a wide flat brush, brush on a liberal coat of it, then with a clean wide brush, start wiping it off - a few wipes on the part, wipe the brush dry, wipe more off the part, etc., until it starts to look like wood grain. When dry, a coat of Tamiya clear orange seals the deal, as illustrated on the sidewall of my WnW Se.5a.

Mike

 "We have our own ammunition. It's filled with paint. When we fire it, it makes pretty pictures....scares the hell outta people."

 

  • Member since
    November 2008
  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:40 PM

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