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camouflage netting
Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 2:45 PM
I was just wondering if there were any materials people out there use to replicate camouflage netting on armor?
Any help is appreciated
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Posted by shermanfreak on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 4:19 PM
Cheese cloth works great .... cut a chunk to size, quick splash of paint, let it dry, and then apply to the kit with a 50 / 50 mix of white glue and water. Dry brush to highlight it a bit after it's dry.

I've also heard gauze bandage works well too.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 7:13 PM
I'm more into modern armor, any ideas how to replicate the modern camo netting or the one known as LCCS(light weight camouflage screen system)?
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Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 8:11 AM
Thanks for the advice Robert. I tried it last night, kind of cheated and dried it out with a hairdryer, tried it out, worked great :)
Hey alex, that's one more I'm looking to find out as well. So far I've tried a few different methods. All sucked. The only half decent one I found was actually taking a piece of cloth and cutting and patching it myself. It takes forever though to make it look half decent
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Posted by wayne baker on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 11:06 AM
I've read where some people have used wedding veil from a fabric store. They might have some other things there that you might use, also.

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Posted by M1abramsRules on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 11:13 AM
its hard to believe what kind of things we modelers use to make stuff. I still trying to get over using kleenex for tarps. but hey, I tried it and it works great!!!

camo nets, I use cheese cloth and gauze. both work great
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Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 11:16 AM
Hehe, I know what you mean Chris. It's only understandable though. Most purpose built accessories cost too much, and there's allways the unmatched satisfaction of doing it yourself.
I haven't tried the kleenex tarp, but I need to tonight for a truck I'm building.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 3:20 PM
If you don't wanna go for wedding veil-try the mesh used by salmon fishermen to tie egg sacks.
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Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 3:30 PM
I don't believe I'm familiar with what you're talking about dannyandre
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 4, 2004 7:54 AM
Tackle shops sell a mesh that is cut into squares and tied into a little sack-it keeps the fish eggs (bait) in and lets the smell out to attract. Probably only sold in Northern USA shops-tho. Lotsa luck in your modeling.
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Posted by allan on Friday, March 5, 2004 9:23 AM
I use Reynold's aluminum foil. I lay out a sheet over my cutting mat, and cut semi-diamond holes evenly on the surface and punch the edges out to make it 3-dimensional. I then apply the sheet onto the kit using superglue. Works great especially if you bundle it up or wrap it around the gun. Ive tried this on my current project, a Challenger MBT. Ill post photos of my kit as soon as I complete it.

Hope this helps.

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Posted by zokissima on Friday, March 5, 2004 10:06 AM
THta's something I could not have imagined using. Please do post when you can, so I can see how that technique turns out.
Thanks for the tip!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 5, 2004 2:54 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by allan

I use Reynold's aluminum foil. I lay out a sheet over my cutting mat, and cut semi-diamond holes evenly on the surface and punch the edges out to make it 3-dimensional. I then apply the sheet onto the kit using superglue. Works great especially if you bundle it up or wrap it around the gun. Ive tried this on my current project, a Challenger MBT. Ill post photos of my kit as soon as I complete it.

Hope this helps.



Hi there Allan. Please do post those pix. I'd like to see it myself. I experimented with it once when I was back there. I used a screen bag, you know the one we used there when we go to the wet market. Anyway, I cut a portion of it enough for the project that I want to make. I then put white glue on one side of the square(diagonally) so that half gets covered leaving a triangular shaped hole. Unfortunately I didn't know what happened to that dio which I built for a friend & I didn't have any pictures taken of it. Disapprove [V]
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Posted by JCon on Friday, March 5, 2004 5:10 PM
I use medical gauze for mine and the other ideas were great to hear also...
Happy Modeling, Joe Favorite Quote: It's what you learn after you know it all that counts!
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Posted by allan on Saturday, March 6, 2004 9:09 AM
Zokissima & Alex,

I hopefully will be able to finish the Chally soon. Ill post pics here. Thanks.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 7, 2004 8:45 AM
When my Mom died, we had to clean out her apartment and I found her hair nets. They were various shapes and sizes and look great for model netting purposes... guess that's why they call them nets.Wink [;)] Anyway, that might be something to try.

DonAlien [alien]
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Posted by zokissima on Monday, March 8, 2004 8:49 AM
Our condolences.
THank you for the tip paraclete1
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:33 AM
i unfolded a couple of 4X4" gauze pads and lightly ironed them...then i sprayed them with a khaki drab acrylic. Doesnt look too bad as a camo netting for 1:48 scale WWII planes.
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Posted by nostrdav on Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:29 PM
Interesting Topic. Pics Please!

Dave
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Posted by allan on Saturday, March 13, 2004 9:36 AM
Here are some pics of my 1:72 Challenger 1 in progress. There are still some minor additions to be made so I just focused on the camo netting.



The pics above and below show the aluminum foil camo net as applied on the gun barrel and bundled up on the turret stowage.





The photo above shows the aluminum foil camo net as wrapped around the gun barrel. I also use thin wire around the gun for extra effect. Looking at the photos, I probably shouldve picked the aluminum foil some more to create more clutter.

Hope you like it. Smile [:)]

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Posted by nostrdav on Saturday, March 13, 2004 3:19 PM
That is quite cool. I like the way the foil gets that folded tarpaulin look to it.

Anybody have any suggestions/techniques about how to do the camo netting that hangs over a WWII plane or gun installation with all those squiggles hanging in it? There is probably a real world term for that type of netting and I would be interested in what it is.

Dave
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 13, 2004 5:22 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by nostrdav

That is quite cool. I like the way the foil gets that folded tarpaulin look to it.

Anybody have any suggestions/techniques about how to do the camo netting that hangs over a WWII plane or gun installation with all those squiggles hanging in it? There is probably a real world term for that type of netting and I would be interested in what it is.

Dave


I'm gonna try this, stretched medical gauze attached to the sticks from wooden medical q-tip swabs.Its to be a comeo net work area with tools and a parked ME262
For the loose leaves, strips of stiffened and painted kleenex.
I'll let you know how it works.
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Posted by zokissima on Monday, March 15, 2004 8:37 AM
Wow, that's quite impressive allan. You've convinced me to try it out on my next model :)
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Posted by qmiester on Monday, March 15, 2004 10:59 AM
I had a buddy that made camo nets that looked pretty decent. He washed and dried cheese cloth, and spray painted it green or brown. He would then steal his wifes oregano leaves form the kitchen and put a thin layer of them (covering an area slightly larger than the net) on a piece of paper. He then took a can of 3M Spray Contact Cement and sprayed the cloth. While the cloth was still wet, it was place over the orageno leaves and left to dry. When dry exess leaves were shaken off, net cut to size and rolled or hung as needed. Neat thing was to be there when his wife discovered the oregano leaves were gone and knew the grocery store had just closed.

PS. If you want to get the rubberized look that a lot of canvas has, coat your Kleenex with rubber cement. Let it dry and cover it with talcum powder (takes the stickness out of it). Then paint it the color you want and cut it to size.
Quincy
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Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:51 PM
qmiester, that's actually a really good idea your friend tried. I'll have to try it myself. No wife, so I guess I don't have to worry about that at least, for now anyways :)
Now, to find some cheese cloth...
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 2:13 PM
nice work on the cammo! i'll try your stuff on the leopard 2 as soon as i finish my other builds, BTW i took some detailed pics of your challenger during the contest as reference i'll send it to you after i downsize them...Congrtaz!

junior:)
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 1, 2004 6:47 AM
Nice allan i been looking for ways to do camo netting , i think i may your way as my hand is too stiff to picks up of using pasley to spray upon bandage netting as someone suggested .

So allan u din use any net undernearth right . it must have takes some time to cut out the pieces i guess
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 2, 2004 9:58 PM
Nice job there Allan. I like that camo on the Challenger.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 11, 2004 5:44 AM
Allan...

That technique is impressive! Could you please show a picture of foil layed out, and the pattern that you cut?

John
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Posted by ILuv3ggs on Sunday, April 11, 2004 6:58 AM
thats very nice allan ... i am looking to replicate the Barracuda Camoflague system for my Leopard AS1, and you've just helped my solve my problem as to how i am going to do it ! Reynold Aluminium Foil ... is that just your normal cooking foil, or is this a modeling product ?
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