Hi all,

I'm in the final stretch of my Iterlari ZIS-5 truck and have ran into a bit of a problem. I want the wood bed to look like the paint has been worn off leaving the bare wood exposed. I have tried dry brushing with Testors wood color paint, but it still does not look right. What is your fix? Thanks!

-Derek

Gday Derek
I'm not familiar with the kit, and how the timber is represented...
Is it moulded to look like real timber with grain? If not, I'd recommend having a look at a pack of evergreen styrene, which has instructions for how to recreate woodgrain printed on the rear of the pack. It involves different grades of sandpaper, and how you rub it over the surface...
Can you maybe work on the grain/texture and then paint a wood colour? After this you can add the worn paint effect maybe...
Hope this helps some
Cheers
Brad

hi the answr is to paint the area with matt white paint and leave to harden off for several days . thin sepia oil paint with turps till is is just a coloured wash , paint on using a very old worn out brush in a grain effect . leave to dry and repeat till satisfied , as always try on a scrap piece of plastic first . good luck cheers ian

or you could simply use the most realitstic thing - real wood like balsa wood it sands easy and has nice grain

Thanks for the tips guys. I think I'm going to strip some of the Russian green and paint it white in spots and then do the wash thing. I'm finished with all the assembly and will have some pics up in the next few days.


-Derek