Start With Gray

Or silver. I've been down this road before with trying to represent wood. Paint your "wood" a gray or silver (but not metalic) color then apply washes of browns, blacks etc to achieve the wood look in layers. You can use some powders or pigments to color certain areas for spillage, or oils to achieve looks such as oil. But all of that you already know. The key to getting "wood" to look like wood I found was to start with a gray base.

Weathering wood

Weathered wood tends to turn brown or grey.

One method is to lightly sand the "wood'" with coarse sandpaper to get some grain. Paint the wood grey and then add brown, grey, black washes/stains.  They can be thinned paint of  any type you like.

Hi. Thank you so much. Need

Hi.

Thank you so much. Need to try these ideas. Not sure if I am going to be able to achieve what I want, but I'll give it a try.

Thank you very much.

Best wishes.

There is my technique

There is my technique:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/weathered_plastic/

Thank you if you visit
Harold

Earlier thread

There was a thread almost a year ago on painting flat car decks that might help you.  It's at https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/ideas-for-painting-a-flat-car-deck-12194107 .

Hminky, So glad I came across

Nice work Luis. I also

Hi again. Deemiorgos, thank

Hi again.

Deemiorgos, thank you for your word and visit to my blog.

This is what I accomplished using some of the techniques explained here and there.

Thank you all for the advices.

What do you think?

Best wishes.

What a very nice difference,

This structure I scratch

This structure I scratch built. I was novice modeler in regards to weathering wood. It was actually the first and last time I stained/weathered unpainted wood  This is from a past narrow shelf layout I once had. I managed to salvage the section, but still want to just only salvage the area in this shot without damaging the trestle.

This thread has certainly inspired me to try again on some fencing.

Hi  Deemiorgos. It seems

Hi   Deemiorgos.

It seems really cool that small section. DO you have palce where we can more of your work?

I am currently building this european style layout, but I also what to give a shot at american shelf layout. There is something about these big awfull diesels that drive me nuts.

All the best.

Results

Hey, Luis - I think your coloration on the platform came out pretty well.  It looks like newer wood, but does resemble wood.  It needs more gray if you want it older, but if you want wood that's only a couple years old, you're already done.

Hi Luis, Unfortunately some

India-Ink with Alcohol

When I did my wharf, the way I weathered it was using India ink diluted with rubbing alcohol. I just brush it one and let it dry. That's it. I was very pleased how it came out.

Maybe a bit late on this thread....

but what I like to do is paint my "wood", be it plastic or actual wood, a base coat of gray and then go over that with various browns. After that I take sandpaper and "distress" the surface where some of the gray shows through. Gives a good look for me.

Michael

Lot's of great information here

Lot's of great information here with superb results!

James

Luis

Pretty nice structures,

but (I don't wish to cause you too much extra work) - the smaller brick/mortar and concrete (or stucco) building should not be on top of the wooden platform (the picture implies it is). The building should be on a brick or concrete foundation and the wooden platform fit around the building.

I wish you the best of luck with the wood work.

Hi UPWilly. Thank you for

Hi UPWilly.

Thank you for the tip. The building is on a "concrete foundation" because the wood deck is around a concrete floor (the grey squares on the base of the model).

This the work done today. Some Tamiya Green was airbrushed on the top wood finished and then I used a stiff brush to remove some of the paint. Used also 1,8mm yellow LEDs just to give the Idea of some wall lamps over the doors.

Best wishes.

Looking good Luís. I like the

  Nocturnal photo. I

Nocturnal photo. I thinnk that LEDs are the way to go to light our layouts!

The LEDs do have a nice

The LEDs do have a nice realistic look.

As you can see in my shots of this kit of a station from my old layout, the lights are a bit too bright even though they were dimmed.

Luis, now I see it

I did not notice the square foundation tiles. The perspective in you first picture was misleading me. Good to see more progress with the wood and LEDs. It is now looking even better.

Olá Luís, como

Olá Luís, como prometido.

Some shots of my favorite work:

Desfrutar

And a few more Luís,

And a few more Luís,