I'm just about to order some paints for my Sopwith camel and would like to know what is the best paint for painting the cockpit and prop.would like a real good wood grain effect.

Thanks in advance
Karl

Hi Karl,
I am going to move this over to the aircraft forum for Early Aviation. You might get more of a response there.

Cheers,
Jim

Hi Karl,
There are some threads and features about this subject that
will help.
Here is one:

Wood effects
or
just type wood effects in the search box and more will
come up.

Cheers,
Joe

Okay thanks Jim.

Thanks Joe

Hi!

I pretty much like the wood-set of Lifecolor for doing that thing. Every shade you might need is in there and the colours are highly pigmented, so they perform perfectly also high diluted. I will add two pictures of a ship in work (I know, it's the wrong subject, but there you can see, what I mean ). All work was entirely done by brush. And please excuse the dust, there was no time to clean it up...

After looking around and reading features and such I have ordered some Vallejo wood and Vallejo wood grain and also some have used Tamiyas clear orange as a varnish.I shall see how it goes and practice on some old plastic.

I usually use a light acrylic such as Tamiya Deck Tan as a base coat, then overpaint with burnt sienna oil paint.Brush it on with a stiff, coarse bristled brush to get the grain effect



The oil paint takes a week or so to dry, but it's much easier to manipulate into a nice wood grain finish.

This article goes into great detail on painting wood grain.

Stefan that ship looks really wonderful. What kit is it?

I use two, or three shades of brown to make the wood effect, then a thin coat of a clear red and yellow mix (Tamiya). This makes the wood look varnished with a smooth shiny finish.

Here you go.