Wood Longboad Surfboards

[Intmd8r]

Not a model kit per se, but a little project that will be part of a I’m Woody building.  Mainly posting the pics to show that you don’t need to purchase expensive decals to get realistic wood grain look, although there are some fantastic products available that I would like to try some day.

 

The surf boards themselves are left over parts from the Revell ’31 Ford Sedan kit.  To get the wood grain, I did a couple of slow, hard passes of coarse sand paper.  Then applied Testor’s “Wood” enamel with a brush, then “dry brushed” gloss brown enamel over that.  Next, I brushed on a layer of Tamiya clear yellow.  Final coat is Testor’s One Coat Lacquer, then polished.  Decals are from my parts box.

 

Quite happy with the results.  Plan on laying down another coat or two of clear on top of the decals to finish it off.

[Greg Myers]

Really nice work Steve, 

[Dave Ambrose]

Those look really good. One suggestion - real surfboards are not flat. They have some rocker to them, and the first third or so bends up a bit. 2-3 mm on these boards. The rear curves up too, but maybe only a mm or so.

 

[Intmd8r]

Those look really good. One suggestion - real surfboards are not flat. They have some rocker to them, and the first third or so bends up a bit. 2-3 mm on these boards. The rear curves up too, but maybe only a mm or so.

 

Thanks for the feedback.  The pics don't show it well, but they are curved as you suggested.  Is it accurate? Probably not - Just using up old junk in my parts box.

SC

[Mooneyzs]

Those Surfboards ate just too cool. Great Job on them.

[GTJUNIOR]

Excellent wood grain effect. Well done.

[unclescott58]

Very, very nice!

[Intmd8r]

Thanks everyone! The Woody build is now finished. I'll be posting pics in the "Under Glass" section soon.

SC

[slusher]

Great looking surf boards..

[Mike Kucaba]

I have some really thin wood from cigars that it was wrapped around. Maybe I'll try that.

Nice looking boards and great wood grainning!

[carrucha]

Neat looking surfboards.  I would have sworn they were made from real wood.  Thanks for the wood graining tips.  Good job!

[darthsideous]

Really nice work!