06-23-2013, 10:39 AM
Most of my wood models do not have a shining surface. They are all very flat.
I started in most cases with an extrem thinned enamel varnish of wished color - dark green or black so that paint did soak in to wood.
I all cases you must grinding all wood surfaces and do same a second time with a bit more color and lesser solvent. I tried to avoid water solvable paints, I think better are lacquers. Doing this you will not receive a bright and glossy surface however after coloring you must add a glossy colorless base for decaling. A flat finish should follow.
The best is to color the raw wood before you start to build a model - with colors that are soaked in the wood, like I have written. However a finishing with coloring must follow in each case.
I started in most cases with an extrem thinned enamel varnish of wished color - dark green or black so that paint did soak in to wood.
I all cases you must grinding all wood surfaces and do same a second time with a bit more color and lesser solvent. I tried to avoid water solvable paints, I think better are lacquers. Doing this you will not receive a bright and glossy surface however after coloring you must add a glossy colorless base for decaling. A flat finish should follow.
The best is to color the raw wood before you start to build a model - with colors that are soaked in the wood, like I have written. However a finishing with coloring must follow in each case.
Cheers, Bernd
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Please visit also my website www.us-modelsof1900.de.
You can read some more about my model projects and interests in my chronicle of facebook.