Wooden planking etc

[Redstaff]

Question for all the lorry builders out there. As you may be aware I'm building the Bedford dropside for the big and British GB. I'm after advice on how to make the deck look like wood, dashboards I can do with the correct shade of brown and clear orange over the top to give a nice polished veneer effect, but how do I go about replicating planking?

Any tips gladly received

Ian 😀

[Black Knight]

Use real wood.

Buy either thin balsa or veneer. Both can be got as thin as 1/64 inch [0.4mm]. 

Get a sheet, slice into plank widths and turn every second one around 180 degrees to break up the grain pattern. 

Colour stain, varnish, and dirty up to your liking

[Redstaff]

Thanks BK

TBH I'd thought of real wood, but dismissed it as being too thick, I need to find some balsa then 😀

[klubman01]

Or, coffee/tea stirrers from Costa?  Long, and quite thin.

Trevor

[Black Knight]

3 hours ago, Redstaff said:

Thanks BK

TBH I'd thought of real wood, but dismissed it as being too thick, I need to find some balsa then 😀

Heres some 0.7mm thick at Hobbycraft, with care it can easily be sanded thinner

https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/balsa-sheet-0.7mm-x-7.6cm-x-91cm/6481901000.html

 

37 minutes ago, klubman01 said:

Or, coffee/tea stirrers from Costa?  Long, and quite thin.

about 5mm wide by 1.2mm thick

Might be too narrow and too thick

[Redstaff]

14 minutes ago, Black Knight said:

Heres some 0.7mm thick at Hobbycraft

Cheers BK

I was going to go home via Hobbycraft and see what they had got, I've also seen it on Amazon down to 0.2mm 

I need a quick measure of what I need 

Ian 

[keefr22]

If you're still looking for ideas Ian - wood decals?

 

https://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/1-32-1-48-woodgrain-decal-aircraft-fine-aircraft-interior-textures-uschi-van-der-rosten-1016-p17556

 

There's different varities available.

 

Keith

[TonyW]

I use tongue depressors, sourced from the internet. Real wood, very thin and quite close grained as they have to be a fair bit smoother than stirring sticks. A pack lasts ages.

 

Tony.

[richellis]

Don’t use Balsa, look for thin plywood used in dolls houses, Basswood, I think it’s called. 
much better than balsa

[Fnick]

Cornwallmodelboats.co.uk stock a good selection of wood strips and sheets.

 

I've used them in the past and have always been happy with their service. No affiliation with the company btw!

 

Nick

[Redstaff]

37 minutes ago, richellis said:

Don’t use Balsa, look for thin plywood used in dolls houses, Basswood, I think it’s called. 
much better than balsa

That's lucky then as I've ordered some 0.2mm Basswood off Amazon, should be here tomorrow  

Thanks for all the suggestions and replies gents, much appreciated  

 

Ian

[JeroenS]

I've used coffee stirrers on several builds, works fine. You do have to finesse them a little but sometimes, but they bend quite easily in all directions.

 

I like @TonyW's tongue depressors though, I'll see if I can scrounge some of those.