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Not sure if this will be any help to you. This is how I painted the wooden prop on my fokker



I drew the lamination lines with a pencil also used a pencil to simulate some wood grain. Then used some medium brown Vallejo and orange orch. I added the lamination lines again with a colored pencil. then took some really thin Vallejo orange brown and gave it several washes followed last with some clear gloss

That is a thing of beauty, Clint. Thank you for clearly explaining your process. Very helpful. I was working on flight controls tonight, which no one will even see, but I also need to craft LSP belts (I have seen also an H-shaped harness as well. So basically I am sharpening skills - filling molding holes, painting wood grain with brushes, small detail fabrication in copper and brass - and since it is a buddy build I can match steps with Carlos and get this done........

A buddy build? So two or more builds on the same thread? That's a cool idea! Is there some sort of obligation to keep pace with one another? I have a feeling Carlos is ready to bang his out pretty quick?

Another easy way of simulating wood grain is using oil paints...

Don’t worry John, I’m sure that I’ll get slowed down by each detailing idea I get that will pop up as I move along. The opening for the cockpit is 3/4” wide at most, so not a lot can be seen thru it. But I want something to be seen in there. I’ll just move at a more rapid pace using whatever I have onhand compared to ordering AM stuff. Besides I have a concurrent tank project to occupy me while paint or glue is drying.

That oil paint wood grain work is fantastic!

And thank you Clint for the quick lesson on your little Fokker’s laminated wood propellor method.

how in the heck do they get the wood grain to be in the paint tube? Wow....John, please show how you did that propeller blade. That is lovely.

Carlos/Bruce....let's keep moving forward men! Great stuff so far.

Today’s update. Lots of painting and drilling and sanding and measuring & cutting... and not much gluing. So here we go.

First up, I was not happy with the filler points on the top deck behind the cockpit, so I drilled those out.





Before and after

Then I repainted the cockpit floor based off some photos of preserved Camels. Different custom shade of wood that I mixed up compared to the sidewalls



Then I modified the salvaged fuel tank into the piece affair that the real one had. Not to mention lots of sanding to get it to fit into the fuselage behind the pilot seat. I also painted the seat cushion and edging, again based off of photos of Museum Camels





And lastly, base colors finished on the IP and control yoke, plus I scratch built up a rudder bar with control linkage rods, again based off of Museum Camels



A bit more stuff to do like instrument decals, washes and perhaps an attempt at wood grain before I can put it all together.

Until the next update...

Looking really good Carlos! Was the filler ports just holes that led to the internal fuel tank cap or you got something else planned to replicate them. Sorry for the question, I don't know much about WW1 aircraft.

Clint, I’ve seen the fuel fillers depicted with trunking and without. I plan on doing some trunking on mine.

Very interesting project Bruce and Carlos !



- Kari

LyleW wrote:how in the heck do they get the wood grain to be in the paint tube? Wow....John, please show how you did that propeller blade. That is lovely.

Carlos/Bruce....let's keep moving forward men! Great stuff so far.

It's surprisingly easy. After establishing a tan or brown base, you simply apply some contrasting oil paint and start pushing/removing the oil with a flat brush. The bristles will create the grain. You can even create knots by manipulating the brush in certain ways.

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