how to get the look of wood

[CHEVY2MUCH]

building the 48 ford woodie and need to know how to get the plastic to look like real wood?

[wkennerley]

I have a scan of an article that was sent to me by a kind member on this forum, if he does not reply, pm me with your email address - I hope he won't mind me passing it on

wayne

Edited February 18, 2014 by wkennerley

[mnwildpunk]

Same here it is a great article Tom where are you lol.

[slownlow]

Bob, This is one time brush marks are a good thing. To achieve a wood look with paint I use a "dry brush" technique, using a brush that is almost empty of paint. The brush I prefer is a stiff, short bristle, flat,square tip style. My favorite brush is about 1/4" wide. To achieve a "dry brush" I dip the brush in the color and brush it almost dry on a scrap of plastic or paper and then brush on the model. For colors I start with a base of testors wood color. Then start dry brushing. The colors you use depend on what your final look is to be. I do a lot of test runs on scrap to get the balance I'm looking for. For a well maintained or new car look I use burnt umber, reds, yellow greens. I mix in more grays and blacks for a more weathered look. Doing research of 1:1 images is very helpful. In the following pics if I had done my research better on the 48 ford the structural pieces would have been more yellow and with less grain. Hope this helps