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How to make Sandbags

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  • Member since
    November 2004
  • From: Essex England
How to make Sandbags
Posted by spacepacker on Monday, April 18, 2011 11:01 AM

I did a search on this forum and found this method,

So I thought I would try

What do you think?,

I used a NONE hardening clay(plastacine)so that they are still pliable and can be bent to follow contoures...cheers....Kenny

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  • From: Democratic Peoples Republic of Illinois
Posted by Hercmech on Monday, April 18, 2011 11:24 AM

I really like those sand bags. Thanks for sharing the old post.


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    November 2005
Posted by T26E4 on Monday, April 18, 2011 11:30 AM

I recall from other threads that modelers tend to make sand bags too much look like pillows.  In the field, soldiers will only fill them about 1/2 to 2/3 so that they are less likely to explode if punctured by shrapnel and hold up better when rained upon.  More floppiness and less puffiness was the word, I recall.

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  • Member since
    September 2006
  • From: Bethlehem PA
Posted by the Baron on Monday, April 18, 2011 11:37 AM

agentg

Looks good so far. Nothing replicates cloth like real cloth.

I use Apoxie sculpt instead of clay, and just use tools to add the seams.  After they are placed, I wrap my finger in an old piece of t-shirt and lightly press the pattern into the bag.

I learned that method, too, from Shep Paine's "Tips on Building Dioramas" pamphlet included in Monogram's old Sherman Hedgehog kit.  That was the great dio showing a Sherman with the hedgerow cutter ploughing through a hedgerow, basically flattening a Waffen-SS machine gun nest.

You all have gotten really great results, nicely done!

Best regards,

Brad

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