allthumbs Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I am building a 1933 caddy and would like to woodgrain the dash and door panels. Can anyone give me an idea where to find or make material? Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 You could try using different colors of earth tones (sand, wood, leather, browns)with a dry brushing technique. Or you could use wood veneer paper found in some cigar packaging. Or, you could use the woodgrain decals found in some woody kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 thx I was beating my head against the wall trying to put that together. I will try your suggestions and let u know how things turned out. Thx again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Heard tell that Tamiya deck tan, with drybrushed with flat earth, then covered in clear orange works pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I am building a 1933 caddy and would like to woodgrain the dash and door panels. Can anyone give me an idea where to find or make material? Thx In the 30's, Cadillac, pretty much like all other luxury carmakers, used black walnut, in either straight grain, or "burled" (the curly grained wood found at the base of the tree) for dashboards and the sills at the top of doors. For this, I would use a medium brown (check the Modelmaster or Humbrol paint racks for this, in flat finish, can be either enamel or acrylic), and then "dry brush" Testors/Modelmaster "rubber (which is a brown black color, flat finish) over that to give that hint of wood grain. When this is all dry, brush on some clear of your choice, and you should have a close approximation of black walnut. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 thx for all the suggestions. I need to learn how to dry brush. I printed out 2 wood grain designs to scale and will use dulcote to prevent any bleed thru then clear coat. It just might work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoparWoman Jamie Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 You could try using different colors of earth tones (sand, wood, leather, browns)with a dry brushing technique. Or you could use wood veneer paper found in some cigar packaging. Or, you could use the woodgrain decals found in some woody kits. Or he could do like I did on the semi truck project I am working on (which is in the Truck forum area under Mack Superliner). Use fostperiest wood all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Or he could do like I did on the semi truck project I am working on (which is in the Truck forum area under Mack Superliner). Use fostperiest wood all together. fostperiest wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booboo60 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Could go too a floor and tile store, and just ask for a cpl woidgain peel an stick samples, I have done this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 You can also print out whatever wood grain you want and make stickers or decals.http://www.certainlywood.com/woodmenu2.cfm?p=6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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