Here’s my first attempt at making a 1825 Model T pickup box look like wood. I will take any advice, i used Tamiya paint. The colors are Nato Brown base, Deck tan highlights, flat brown, Brown/JGSDF both for contrast, clear yellow, orange, red top coats.
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Looks good but using oil paints get more realistic results.
Get some burnt umber burnt sienna yellow ochre
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Thank you, i learned from this video.
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That looks pretty good! I’d just knock down the shine a bit.
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Its not done yet, i plan on using dulcoat on the box only, gloss coating the rest of the truck
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You have a good start and should have a good result once you do the dull coat.
I’ve used regular model paint for wood surfaces, but I got my best results when I went with oils, such as with this Albatros D.II
While I did use oil paint for the fuselage, it wasn’t intended to show graining. The prop is where I did the graining effect.
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Wow amazing, looks real. Excellent workmanship, i’m not sure which way to go. I see great results with oil, model paint. I have a 23 Depot Hack truck in my stash. That has a lot of wood panels on it.
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@bigsparky65 Your results look good. Even before you dull coat it looks good. I’m not familiar with this kit. Does the part that you painted to look like wood have a wood grain texture already molded in or is it smooth and you painted all of the grain look?
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FWIW, I don’t often have need of making something look like wood, but when I built this Wright glider I used Tamiya Brown Panel Line Accent Color over the beige-ish colored plastic then covered it with Tamiya clear orange to make it look shellacked. It turned out ok enough I think.
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I have pretty good luck with craft paints. I start with black primer base and use tan, cedar and rust brown. Thin it out with water, it can get thick and hide the grain molding, but it is pretty forgiving since you can wipe it off with a wet cloth or Q-tip before it fully dries. Mod Podge Matte clear spray can coat or hi shine when desired can be used to seal it once you get the desired look.
The wood bed rails looked good to me too using this method.
Thanks for posting. Good luck with your project.
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Wow, looks fantastic. Wood looks real
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Wow fabulous, looks real. Excellent rigging
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A different spin on wood. I did this 120mm splintered tree with enamel base colors and oil washes. Helps that it was a really nice figure/sculpt.
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Wow amazing, looks real. I’m not that good, my friend in Belgium his work is just like yours. Excellent workmanship
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From what I’m seeing here, there are almost as many ways to do this as there are different wood types. Each project requires a certain look and multiple techniques are needed to accomplish the desired finish.
I haven’t done much with wood-grain, just a couple ammo crates and one unfinished railroad flatcar, but I did both of those with a brown base coat, with tan drybrushing to bring out the molded in grain. It doesn’t really compare to what is shown above.
One thing that I have learned is not to rush what you are doing. I tend to get into a mindset of finishing a specific part of a project, often rushing steps. Not waiting for glue to dry fully before sanding, handling before paint is dry, not thinning paint (it’s good enough), and so on. It ends up frustrating when you don’t get the result you expect due to pushing ahead. A lot of these techniques require multiple steps and a good dose of patience between them.
Take your time, take pauses (I’m really working on this one - it’s tough) and don’t feel you need to get it perfect on the first try. Each time you try a new technique you are learning something, possibly something not at all related to what you are trying.
@bigsparky65 , I think that the results you have will look decent once the shine is gone and the next time you go for wood grain it will not only be even better, but will probably be easier to accomplish than this time.
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I really only use three colors when I am doing woodgrain, but it depends on whether it’s light or dark as to what those colors are. I usually put a lighter color first and a darker color streaked over top of that. I follow that up with a transparent paint usually a yellow or orange. The ones in the pictures were done with acrylics, a mix of craft paints and Mission Models paints.
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Wow, amazing, looks fantastic. I have a Depot Hack in my stash. It has a lot of wood panels. From what i’m finding out is to start with black primer. I mainly use Tamiya, Vallejo paint, sometimes MCW finishes paint. They have excellent paint, both Lacquer and Enamel paint, they have a thousand different colors, for what your working on. Whether it’s a Vechile, Armor, Motorcycle, they have the paint.
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That came out very nicely!
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Well said! At least I know I’m not the only one who struggles with those things.
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@Mageckman I like that subject. Color choices and wheels/tires are great. What kit is this one?
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