"Tarps and Awnings for 15mm AFVs" Topic
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| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 18 Oct 2011 11:48 a.m. PST |
Does anyone have suggestions for modelling tarps and awnings for 15mm vehicles, spread out out or unfurled so to speak, rather than rolled? |
| haywire | 18 Oct 2011 12:18 p.m. PST |
Tissue Paper/Paper Towel/thick paper with PVA glue
green stuff rolled thin with a roller |
| Mako11 | 18 Oct 2011 1:23 p.m. PST |
Tissue paper will work. Plain paper will as well, but you'll need to fold, spindle, and mutilate it a bit to get it to soften up. Might be better for tarps that are spread out. |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 18 Oct 2011 2:35 p.m. PST |
Cheers, I was thinking about tissue paper soaked with PVA, but I thought I might be having a stupid moment. |
| Martian Root Canal | 18 Oct 2011 8:15 p.m. PST |
I use fine weave gauze bandages soaked in PVA glue. |
 javelin98  | 19 Oct 2011 10:28 a.m. PST |
Also, tea bags make great camo netting. Spread it and glue it down where you want it, then sprinkle the crushed tea leaves over it while the glue is still wet. |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 19 Oct 2011 10:50 a.m. PST |
I did try the tea bag trick, sans teas leaves, some years back, but it didn't look very good. Though being parsimonious I do use reclaimed used tea leaves as coarse scatter… |
| Etranger | 19 Oct 2011 10:03 p.m. PST |
Lead foil, the sort that comes around the neck of wine bottles is ideal. Failing that, some of the heavier (ie stiffer) grades of alumin(i)um foil will do – the sort used to seal cans of instant coffee. |
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