This is the Eduard 1/48 Pfalz D.III with photoetched interior. The wood technique was picked up from another fine modeler on the Swanny’s Models forum and is done with oil paints over German Sand. At this point I am ready to close the fuselage. Sadly the excellent decals that came with this kit were destroyed by my cat and his weal bladder but another fine modeler has come to my rescue with some back-up decals.
Beautiful work on the pit Matt. Almost a shame to button up the fuselage.
Regards, Rick
Very cool wood effect. Great job Matt…
Andy
Excellent work. It’s nice to see such a resurgence of interest in WWI machines.
Very, very neat work there Swanny.
The wood effect is really convincing, that seat looks like it’s made out of a piece of ply.
Most impressed. Will look forward to the rest of the build.[:)]
All the best,
Mick C.
that makes me want to climb in and have a seat, nice work
Thad
Matt,
That is gorgeous! I’m doing the weekend edition one shortly. Is the technique for the woodgrain posted on your website?
Ben
Nice, Matt, !/48 is just big enough for those WWI birds, for me. I tried a few in 1/72 and nearly bugged my eyes out. Just too small. Good job.
Looking good a really like the woodgrain effect. I’m currently working on the Weekend Edition Pfalz D.IIIa. I hope mine looks near as good.
Looks great so far, Swanny.
Nice work on the old bipe. The wood grain effect is excellent.
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
Really nice one! [tup] Always a pleasure to see some biplanes.
SD
Thanks for the comments guys. As I said before , that technique came from another modeler on my forums, Gawonii, and this is what happens. Paint the base part with a light tan color, in this instance I used German Sand. Then mix some oil paint with a drying medium at about 50/50. Brush this on with a wide stiff bristle brush until you get a color density and grain effect you like. Now let the part dry for two or three days, that’s right — days. You can seal things after that with a coat of Tamiya clear yellow to make the finish a little more durable.
MKHoot,
I’m getting ready to start that kit. If you or Swanny would let me know how it goes together I would really appreciate any tips you guys have!
Ben
An old-school trick to replicate wood grain is to use real wood. You can get properly thin wood as wrapping on a quality cigar. These cigars are most often found in glass, metal or nowadays, plastic tubes. Such quality cigars are often wrapped in a thin piece of wood veneer of some kind, I presume for cushioning, or to help keep the stogie humidified. Maybe both. You’ll have to get such smokes at a tobacconier’s, though, as I doubt the cheapies you snag at the Quick-Shop with your six pack will have the wood veneer.
I also highly recommend that you smoke the cigar. The tobacco hating, moral busybodies can go fly a kite, just this once.
Another idea is to head for the flooring section of your local home improvement center and grab some wood and wood-tile product brochures. You want the ones with good color images of the products being touted in the brochure. When you get the brochures home, cut out the wood grain pictures and adhere those to the inside of your model. But, remember, to throw the remains of the brochure away before your wife sees it - and gets any ideas…