oldschool Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hi Been working on this for some time now starting with a Revell Speedwagon and sectioned it into a five window woodie,witch I fancied more than the Hitech Speedwagon.The woodgrains are done in oil over humbrolbase. The frame is cutted and fixed so the bodie got closer to the ground a bit.Amt;s 40 ford had to lend the "flattie" and Maryland and Replicas Ardun and S.c.o.t will be the final offer for this one.Hopefully I´ll have to fix a hole in the hood for some airclears.The Ardun and S.c.o.t are in primer in this photo.Will fix that before I do all the wiring and plumbing. The yellow paint witch the camera would find more a brown is an home mix from Humbrols clear yellow and Ivory..The frontrims and wheels from the 29, ratrod Revell and the rear rims from the scrapbox.The will have beauty rings and acentercover later on from the 29 rat rodd kit. Engine,rear axle and rims painted with and home made cande based from a goldbase and claer orange and red.An etched grill is painted in the samr "candy" and will be used Hoping to find Pontiac tailligths for the ride, still don´t where to find them but hopefully u can give some fine tips about that. Hope u like it Larsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So far she looks great, and that wood is wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon wagon Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Look in the AMT 25 Ford kit for the taillights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I really like the look of that. Nice work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Very cool. The wood is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lownslow Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 i love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagoneer81 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 OK, I really like the looks of this one! I never was a fan of the Revell Speedwagon kit... It just never looked 'right' to me... BUT- This one, looks great! You certainly did it justice. Makes me want to score one of these kits now and play with it in a similar fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Austin Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Very nice rendition. That wood looks like..um...well...wood. Fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 It looks much better than the original Speedwagon . Please explain how you did the wood . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stray kat kustoms Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Wow i absolutly love the look and feel of this one. That woodgrain looks just spot on! I can't wait to see more of this one. looking forward to updates.........."Kook" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Very cool. I love everything about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Yep, this is really great. Fantastic job on the woodgrain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 You really need to do an article for Gregg on your woodgraining technique. That looks dead on.... Great looking project. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschool Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hi folks The woodgraining is much simpler then u think,I started with a mix off Humbrols flat sand 63 and leather 62.For the lighter frames I´ll used sand 63 with tiny 104 linnen. When all this was dry,next day a covered the base colors with semi gloss varnish.If u go for gloss varnish the oil will stick but have big troubble to cover the basecolor and u ending upp with really nice grains.Using flat paint for the base and the oil will almost cover the whole base and you will have a very non graining event Even this coat had to dry complete so the following day was the first time to get hold off some oilpaints, white spirits and a good set of brushes. I´ll covered the darker areas with a mix off Burnt Umber and Sienna.I´ll mixed in tiny amount off white spirits so the oil´s got thinner and can dry up much faster I´ll painted one square at the time,because I used semi gloss varnish the oil had some problems to stick on the Humbrol basecolor I just got the brushstroke/woodgrains instant.After fliddling around with the oils for a patern I liked I used a 000 brush mostened in white spirit to clean up the lighter areas in the wood.When the first square´s finished the next one was up until the whole bodie was painted.All in one session so put you mobile on hold for a while Using the mobile phone take some pics off an Plywoodpeice and you will have a very "how to". Using the mixed oil with white spirits give a total flat surface when dryed up so here I just used gloss varnsh again to bring the wood "alive" again.Off course you can mix in some candy orange,yellow if you like the wood. This is very simple way to do it and off course it´s easy for me to say after done it many times, so bring up an bodie from the scrapbox and give it a test. hoping this was something off an answer for your Q about woodgraining. The last tips is searching the web for modelling german ww1 airplane modelling, you will find some good features about the graining there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Looks like the Speed wagon in my stash is getting the Sweden "Old School" treatment. p.s. don't forget to add your name in the signature line. James aka Joker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320wayne Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Awesome job so far. Best variation of the Speedwagon that I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonFL Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So different, love the looks of it. Great colors, they go really well with that wood. Can't wait to it all finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Very nice. The front wheels just needs some grease caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Cool Look! I Like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixx Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 That's looking cool!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todh60 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Great job. You turned a body that I don't find all that appealing into something really cool. The wood trim is also great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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