Spitfire2865
Western Thunderer
ThanksThis is very interesting, as I am currently building one of Mike's D305s! I think I will try the (cheap) washing up detergent and then my favourite HiChem All-Surface Primer (possibly this is only available in Australia, though) when the time comes.
Trevor your original wood finish looked brilliant - could I have a brief tutorial on how you did this?
David
So I start with a grey primer and then an even coat of a light tan. Then start drybrushing every woody colour you have. A bit of silver drybrushed every so often in certain areas. You should end up with a varied colour across every plank.
Then start picking out certain planks with slightly heavier or lighter drybrushing.
Overall a heavy wash of black wiped across the planks to sit in the gaps.
Then another black wash lightly wiped along the planks once the previous is dry. I think I ended up doing 3 or 4 washes by the end.
Then brush with dark powders to take the sheen off. Ive done powders on both wet and dry surfaces before, so you can try a bit of both and see how that ends up.
If you wanted a replacement plank, youd then have to repaint those the lighter colour with a lighter drybrushing.
Its a long process but Ive used similar in both 4mm and G3.