41 Woodie surf wagon

[Brian Fishburn]

My daughter picked out this kit for me at a model contest, and the seller (Mike Anderson- a clubmate and friend) gave her the kit, since she wanted it to be a gift for me. Since her favorite color is purple, I used HOK Pavo Purple on the fenders and hood after smoothing them a bit. I also learned to paint woodgrain for this model, and am pretty pleased with it as a first effort.

Woodgrain painting turned out to be fun. I also finished up a new version of Katie- ready for the pinup contest at the car show

Revells 49 merc donated the rolling stock after I chopped away at the suspension enough to lose the 4X4 look. Engine is from Revell's 32 Ford.

Also finished up a couple of Hot Wheels restorations, too. US Python and blue interior HK Custom Camaro

[59-Desoto]

Those old woodies sure do make for some nice displays , you did a really nice job on that one. Like the color you went with looks great.

[Chuck Most]

I'm really diggin' the chromed steelies. Looks like your little girl has a pretty good eye for hot rod colors, too!

[Rick Forrester]

Nice job on the wood. what colors and paint did you use? And did you do it? thank Papafo

[Brian Fishburn]

For the wood, I followed Steve Milberry's technique almost to the letter. I used cheap craft store acrylics. I don't remember the exact colors, but on the flat panels, I painted a sandy tan base that I let dry before doing the grain, and on the structural pieces I used a yellowish wood color as the base. The colors used for the graining were a slightly darker tan, a medium brown and a very dark brown. (very apringly on the very dark) When doing the "graining" I used one of the cheap, stiff testors model brushes (yes, they ARE good for something)

This thread has Steve's, as well as many other people's techniques for doing woodgrain. Check them all out, then try it on a scrap body, piece of paper, boxtop, whatever. If you go with the craft store acrylics, it costs less than five bucks, and you will be amazed at how easy it is to get decent looking wood. You'll be digging out the woody kits just to try it out on a real model in very short order.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...amp;#entry57415

Edited April 20, 2009 by Brian Fishburn