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*INDY

Member since
April 2008
From: Ventura (at the beach) in California

Posted by *INDY on Monday, August 31, 2009 12:05 AM

ajlafleche wrote:

HeavyArty wrote:
I prefer to use lead foil, the type on the top of wine bottles. It can be bent and will hold the shape, unlike the tape and paper methods.
Best slings eva!

I like something that really holds its shape for this job, like the winebottle foil. Other sources for various foils that work great for similar jobs are yogurt lids and ointment tubes. Another material we all have handy is the photo-etch "sprue" & left-over P.E. pieces, although this is usually a little too wide for weapon slings,as is.(but there's often choice pieces if you clean it off.

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modelchasm

Member since
March 2008
From: East TX

Posted by modelchasm on Sunday, August 30, 2009 11:47 AM

ajlafleche wrote:

HeavyArty wrote:
I prefer to use lead foil, the type on the top of wine bottles. It can be bent and will hold the shape, unlike the tape and paper methods.
Best slings eva!

Great example of people's personal preferences .... IMO I like using the masking tape b/c you can put it whatever shape you want, don't have to worry about bending it too much or getting a crease in the wrong place ... and once you got it where you want it just take a small drop of CA and smooth it over the surface. That baby ain't goin' NO-WHER'!

... but, just my 2 cents ...

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senojrn

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by senojrn on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:36 AM

I use masking tape, covered with a thin layer of super glue (once in the correct position), then painted.

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ajlafleche

Member since
December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Posted by ajlafleche on Monday, August 24, 2009 12:49 PM

HeavyArty wrote:
I prefer to use lead foil, the type on the top of wine bottles. It can be bent and will hold the shape, unlike the tape and paper methods.

Best slings eva!

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Hans von Hammer

Member since
June 2008
From: Iowa

Posted by Hans von Hammer on Monday, August 24, 2009 12:05 PM

I use aluminum foil duct tape for straps, slings, belts, etc... It holds any shape you want, plus the sticky-side will allow easy attatchment. It's a little on the spendy-side, about 7 bucks for 10 feet of 2-inch wide tape, but will last a lifetime, practically..

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figure freak

Member since
June 2009
From: Joplin, Mo

Posted by figure freak on Saturday, August 22, 2009 11:02 PM

i use plain ole aluminum foil doubled over cut the strip you wat and for the fabric texture, i like to burnish it on a needle file and super glue it and form it however you want

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stikpusher

Member since
July 2004
From: Sonora Desert

Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, August 22, 2009 8:23 PM

What he said...

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

- Plankton

LSM

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HeavyArty

Member since
December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Saturday, August 22, 2009 8:11 PM

I prefer to use lead foil, the type on the top of wine bottles. It can be bent and will hold the shape, unlike the tape and paper methods.

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HM2 Somers

Member since
March 2007
From: NYC

Posted by HM2 Somers on Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:02 PM

I've read many times of people using that white Teflon Plumbers tape (goes between 2 peices of pipe). It is very thin and I think would work but haven't tried myself.

Pam

OK, I didn't understand the question. As a nurse I thought he wanted to make slings for injured arms-not gun slings!!!! Sorry for this incorrect post as you must have thought I was nuts! Pam

Pam

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camo junkie

Member since
January 2009
From: clinton twp, michigan

Posted by camo junkie on Saturday, August 22, 2009 6:43 PM

take some blue masking tape. pull out a long piece. fold over in half so the two sticky sides adhere to each other. take a ruler and an exacto and cut to size! pretty much it.

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model maniac 96

Member since
December 2008
From: Las Vegas, Nevada

Posted by model maniac 96 on Saturday, August 22, 2009 6:24 PM

One method is to use masking tape, another is to use paper stiffened with super glue, I have not tried that one yet but I will soon! Tell me if you need more explaining than that.

Thanks, Jim

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