Thank You Richie, Dave and Rick for checking in! I am in no danger of catching up with Rick's lovely build, and just hope to do about the quarter of his quality... this is the build for every-modeller, WW1 or not, the kit is so nice... So on with the wood effect... here I use Tamiya clear colours, acrylic, either orange, yellow or clear itself to seal in the oils and achieve that "wood glow" effect... I am now using this thinner for all Tammiya paints, whether acrylic, enamel or Lacquer, and it makes spraying a pleasure... Please don't use this for Hataka or Vallejo paints... we have tried and it doesn't work!
And here you see the result, the colour of the wood turned out a little on the red side, it looks like cherry wood, not a bad thing, but not where I was aiming, yellow may have been better, too late! All the bits and pieces done... Also the prop is there, after much filing, scraping and filing then a real good sanding it was undercoated in the usual Dark Yellow then a generous coat of Dark Umber W&N in the usual mix... To my surprise, after reviewing as many period photos of Scout props I could see no discernable wood lamination effects, no lighter and darker layers, and very much a darker wood effect, so I went for this effect... I may be wrong but what I wanted... the wood colour can only be described as "walnut"...
So we need some drying time again, and I'll see if I can start some other sub-assemblies, my usual style...
Regards,
Marc
