„Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

[Night Fighter Nut]

Wonderful work... I've used this technique on planking for sail ships.

[vikingBerserker]

Thanks for the know how, but there has to be more. This looks too easy

[snokri]

Hello Folks.

Many thanks.

To be continued soon.

[Wayne Little]

bring it on!

[destrozas]

I am sitting waiting for you to put more advances that have amazed me that the hands have

[snokri]

Now it's time for the ligther ochre.



Again smear the paint on but very lightly.



With the big and sturdy flat brush draw the grain as you like it.



You can play with various states of drying acryl paint. It’s a thing of try and error.



Don’t be too carefull now. Nothing is lost when the primer colour shines through contrary it adds.



Voila! Your first painted grain. You can leave it or go on.

[rochie]

WOW

[Wurger]

A very good tutorial.

[Crimea_River]

Thanks for taking the time to do this.

[Wayne Little]

Excellent!

[Lucky13]

Super!

[Airframes]

I agree, well done.

[Maximowitz]

Very impressive!!

[snokri]

The rest of the wood story.

You can further accentuate your grain pattern. Take the small needle pin brush.



Take some dark colour and paint a V if you will. Look for patterns of real wood (furniture).



Now you have to be quick. Take the smaller flat brush and behave as you were dry brushing.



Next step. Do only short stripes at once.



After that “dry brushing” this is what you can get.



And so on. Play around with patterns you like best.



One more V in front of the others



When the paint is dry take the sponge again and draw some more paint very thinly over your pattern to blend in your colours.



This can be the outcome of your labour.



Best of all you can wipe off the acrylics with water and some soap and go for a new try.

[snokri]

New variation.



And another one. It all depends how much paint you rub off the primer colour.



Here I tried out a finer grain.



Play with patterns of your own choice look for the real wood.



Another example. There are no limits to your imagination.



When you are content with your efforts let dry your panel thoroughly before you start the next one. Seal the acrylics with gloss varnish before you put tape on it. To finish your “wood” sand very , very lightly to get an even surface and spray with semi gloss clear paint.
Hope you enjoyed this little tutorial.