| Cacadores | 12 Jan 2009 4:22 p.m. PST |
Coalition recognition slats I mean this: (scroll down to second or third tank):
link the white slats in a rectangle used to identify coalition vehicles. Apparently they show up in thermal imaging. How do they work? And any ideas how to make one quickly (1/72 or 20mm scale)? Cheers |
| CPT Jake | 12 Jan 2009 4:42 p.m. PST |
They stay thermally "cold" so they appear as a hole in the thermal sights. In white hot, they are a black square, in black hot, they are a white square. Ours were always tan and came close to matching the vehicles. Jake |
Wyatt the Odd  | 12 Jan 2009 4:46 p.m. PST |
You can make them with some Evergreen slatwall sheet. Its normally used to represent overlapping wood siding, but the medium-sized one works for 15-20mm. Wyatt |
| nvdoyle | 12 Jan 2009 5:20 p.m. PST |
They stay thermally "cold" How does that work? |
| CPT Jake | 12 Jan 2009 5:43 p.m. PST |
It has to do with the reflectivity/emmisiveness of the thermal tape coating. I just know it works… |
 Extra Crispy  | 12 Jan 2009 5:46 p.m. PST |
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| Cacadores | 16 Jan 2009 11:28 a.m. PST |
Wyatt the Odd
''You can make them with some Evergreen slatwall sheet. Its normally used to represent overlapping wood siding, but the medium-sized one works for 15-20mm.'' What is that, Wyatt? Is it a railway accessory? Thanks |
| Lion in the Stars | 16 Jan 2009 4:55 p.m. PST |
Evergreen is one of the two big producers of shaped styrene. You can usually find it at the model railroad shops (or a hobbytown USA if you're in the US. |
| Cacadores | 23 Jan 2009 7:14 p.m. PST |
ok, could be a good idea, thanks |
| chrisswim2 | 24 Jan 2010 4:05 a.m. PST |
Cacadores,
Thank you for your posting of pics of Warrior. |
| chrisswim2 | 24 Jan 2010 7:22 a.m. PST |
What size for the slatwall sheet do you think would work for 6mm- 1/285 micro armor scale? |
| Lion in the Stars | 25 Jan 2010 10:58 a.m. PST |
Those slats are about 4" wide in real life, so roughly .35mm per slat. You'd need to scrounge the Evergreen site to find something about right. Personally, I'd get a .010" or maybe even .005" thick strip of styrene and take my 40tpi razor saw down the length of it. |
