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Dean I'd go along with what Bob's had to say and would add the following: Nothing looks like wood more than wood - there are still a few old wood kits out there - I recently picked up a NWSL B&M snowplow kit really cheap, check out the discount bins at your local hobby store and swap meets or flea markets; If you use plastic kits check out the following articles "A flatcar full of tractors" - MR July 2002 and "Making styrene look like wood" - MR October 2001 which will give you some good techniques. Probably the most interesting tool referred to there is the fibreglass pencil although you can get similar results with very fine wet'n'dry sandpaper if you're careful. I use all kinds of ink washes to try and recreate wood in plastic. James (Hampshire, England)
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