@charlie8575, @all
Thanks for your friendly comments. I´ll just start shootn´straight and share a SBS sequence with you guys.
The product used is the WGW-1 Woody Woodgrain Decal. This product requires a glazing coat with brown
oil color to come to full effect. The result is a pleasing depth in optical appearance.
The desired color tone can be controled by the basecoat colors as well as the color of the oils.
Uschi is distributed in the US by "Last Cavalry".
http://shop.lastcavalry.com/search.php?search_query=uschi&x=0&y=0
Should be on stock.
Ok, lets kick some practical s**t.
Fig.1) A bright tan basecoat has been applyed by airbrush. Preshading has been set.
The picture shows how to copy the shape of the panel onto masking tape, in order to put it
on the decal and cout it out.
Fig.2) This is how a completed decal job could look like. Its now ready to be covered
with the aforementioned glaze of brown oil colors.
Fig.3) The frames now have been painted with brown oil color mixed with a bit of light ochre.
Any mistakes can be fixed while working. Thats a good thing while working with oil colors.
Fig.4) A close up to the framwork shows some fine lines, representing some woodgrain texture.
Thats the classic hand-painted way, as most of you already know. Its quite effective on bars
and that sort of shapes, but not very effective on squares. The decals help us out.
Fig.5) The decals have been covered with the aforementioned dark brown glaze and all that
has cured meanwhile. We now bring some another fellahs in the game, the so-called
clear acrylics. These colors seal the whole thing (getting it ready for an oil-color-pin-wash) and they
also create further effects, acting like a filter. The orange has been used on the panels and
the yellow has been used on the frames. A lil´ bit of overspray is not a big deal.
Fig.6) A close up shows the completed system. You probably note some dark shadows on the
frames. These shadows have been achieved with the clear orange. One could also use
"clear black" which is available as Tamiya´s "Smoke" and work very good as a postshading color.
Fig.7) Here we have the finished model with all details painted. The door handles have been
masked off and were painted with ALCLAD 2. The nails have been accentuated with a silver
hobby pencil (Gel pencil). After this a pin wash using black oil color also makes some detail pop.
The sequence is explained here one more time as part of the manual.
http://www.uschivdr.com/products/wgw-1-woody-special/
I was just testing if the stuff works right and if its easy to use, so this model wont get finished, even
if there is some prep for rust is visible. I just did it for training.
The car is painted following the concept of "zenithal light" ,so all the dark and bright spots
are not really random, they are there for purpose and painted that way.
Its a little bit of an artistic approach to the subject but it makes things more interesting, imho.
Its the first car I have ever tried in my whole life, working with techniques from aircraft and AFV
modeling. All chrome has been painted with ALCLAD2 since the kit-chrome looks a bit odd.
It was really fun and I will give it a shot one fine day on a serious project. I´ve also purchased
a runabout on a trailer which will make a good scene, probably.
Of course my mind is faster than my modeling so it gonna take a while until I start this.
I need a solution for the wipers, though. Is there any aftermarket PE available?
Anyone knows?
Thanks for watching! :-)
Best
LX