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→ How to create realistic looking logs for vehicle accessories
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By:Joe strummer
Created:19/06/2026 23:19
Last Updated:15/10/2026 12:41
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Step by step on making homemade logs for you’re vehicle accessories
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Step one:

buy a pack of these wooden Q tip cleaning tools for airbrushes. I bought mine for around 10$ I believe but you get a bunch of them!
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Step two:

Cut the ends off on both sides (I like to cut them kinda messy and from an angle to look like they were a real tree that was cut)
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Step three:

I like to cut small rivets into the wood stocks about a 3rd way through going around the the piece of wood to look like limbs that have been cut off.
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Step four:

I like to paint these in a color that resembles a more red colored wood because I think that adds more pop to the model. I recommend following these colors as a base.
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It doesn’t have to be exact at all! There’s not really a way to go wrong just whatever color you think is good it will probably look better dulled a bit if the color is too bright.

(Also thin the paint a bit with some water because the wood soaked in most of my paint quickly)
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Step five:

After you’re finished painting I like to have them in stacks of 3 on top of each other. What I do is I glue them with some superglue around the ends and then after that dries I put some hobby tape wrapping around the wood like a rope or whatever.
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I have multi size modelers tape but if you’re tape is too big you can cut it to size with a hobby knife
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After the tape is on I also glue that to the other end to keep it from coming off over time
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After that has dried I paint the tape usually a black or red depending on the wood color.
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And just like that you have made you’re own hobby logs <:harald:798881846817062942>


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