Allan-the venerable Revell 109 G in 1/32 scale---wood varnish and tail gunner

[Taiidantomcat]

What a great demonstration of a proven technique. cant wait to see more of your 109 

[Captain Canada]

Nice work there Allan in Canberra ! That's turning into one big, beautiful bird ! I like the wood look....too cool !

[Brian da Basher]

Nice to see you back at this one, Allan! Using white craft glue to fill small gaps is a great idea! You get a nice smooth fill with no sanding!

The yellow fuse looks great with that unique camo!

Brian da Basher

[noxioux]

That is really coming together nicely.  Gorgeous

[Allan]

Hi
A uniform coat of yellow paint is essential before the oil-based wood grain is applied, so that's what I've been doing of late, making sure the yellow is on properly and that meant numerous coats, flat and gloss and even some undercoating (light blue) to enable the yellow to adhere to places where I did some sanding, and, phew.that was a long sentence!!! It's slowly drying now and I won't touch this plane for a few days. The next time you see it, it may have the wood-grain on it.
Any tips on putting on the oil paint? I've been doing some net study and think I know what to do, but any help would be much appreciated.
Allan in Canberra

[Allan]

Here's the prop all ready for some Tamiya Yellow stain, followed by some silver.
Burnt sienna acrylic over yellow on the prop.
Allan in Canberra

[NARSES2]

Your wood effect is terrifc Al 

[Logan Hartke]

Your wood effect is terrifc Al 

Seconded.

Cheers,

Logan

[lancer]

If I didn't know better I would have said it was real wood. HOW did you manage to get such a perfect grain on it?? superb work Allan

[MiB]

I like the 109. I m waiting for your pic of complete model 

[ChernayaAkula]

Awww, come on, admit it! Those prop blades were carved from real wood, right? No way that's paint! 

Truly superb! 

[noxioux]

That prop is giving me goosebumps.  Incredible.  The yellow in the wood really makes it pop.

[Allan]

Thanks fellows.
Here're the tailplanes-I just couldn't capture the same beautiful effect as on the wings with the Xtracrylix 74--may put up with it or remove and try again
Allan

[Allan]

Hi fellows,
I decided to put on an airbrushed coat of enamel over the acrylic--it's the closest shade I have to the Xtracrylix 74 and is a pretty good match.
Prudently, I used normal thinner, not laquer thinner, to avoid marring the underlying acrylic.
Isn't it strange that we can apply a coat of acrylic very well one day and lose our touch the next?
The backdrop is one of my favorite books and the World Cup fixture schedule.
Allan
I'll remove the tape tomorrow and show you

[cthulhu77]

sweet mother of pearl !!!  Those are the best wooden blades I have ever seen. Hands down.