camouflage netting

Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 25, 2004 9:37 AM

Thanks allan i did try out your technique it is quiet nice . I try it on my M109A3 germany version but i don think they use camo netting on their cannon but what the heck it look nice. May we can punch smaller holes and finer hmmm better check it out again

thanks so much

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 4:18 AM

allan,

sure! i'll post them as soon as i the take the pics.

mang ernie

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allan

Member since
June 2003
From: Cavite, Philippines

Posted by allan on Sunday, April 18, 2004 10:20 AM

My apologies for the late response, guys. Work was quite heavy.

Thanks for the compliments, Mang Ernie, Sentry, Alex, Mad Mac and Iluv3eggs! Ill try posting pics of the finished MBT on the armor forum one of these days.

Mang Ernie,

How about pics of your own Challenger? Great work you did on that one.

Sentry,

I didnt use anything underneath. I did glue strips of the foil onto thin wire before wrapping them around the gun, by the wires were for extra effect. But I will try using some form of mesh on future projects.

ILuv3eggs,

Yes, thats plain Reynolds foil. And the wife wont notice. LOL.

Mad Mac,

As requested, heres a pic of the same camo net in progress. I just cut semi-diamond patterns in lines on the foil. The pattern doesnt have to be perfect; the camo nets Ive seen varies in size.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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BigDuke634

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April 2004

Posted by BigDuke634 on Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:46 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by zokissima

What do you use to dye the gauze?

I'll use dirty brown thinner, tea whatever is handy

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:37 AM

What do you use to dye the gauze?

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BigDuke634

Member since
April 2004

Posted by BigDuke634 on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:38 PM

I've used medical gauze flecked with dried tea leaves for my netting . As for the modern type netting , I have no idea. I can tell you from experiance that it is a bear to put up in the field!

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 1:36 PM

Yep, I believe it's just regular cooking foil. I tried a test, and it worked out very very nicely. The jagged edges of the foil worked very well in replicating the effect of rolled up camo cloth. Still gotta try the cheese cloth with the spray adhesive

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ILuv3ggs

Member since
December 2002
From: Brisbane, Australia

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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Anonymous

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November 2005

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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Anonymous

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November 2005

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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Anonymous

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November 2005

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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Anonymous

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November 2005

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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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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qmiester

Member since
May 2003
From: Central USA

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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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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Anonymous

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November 2005

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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nostrdav

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February 2004
From: Spring Creek, Nevada

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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allan

Member since
June 2003
From: Cavite, Philippines

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 [:)]

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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nostrdav

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February 2004
From: Spring Creek, Nevada

Posted by nostrdav on Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:29 PM

Interesting Topic. Pics Please!

Dave

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Anonymous

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November 2005

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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zokissima

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July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Monday, March 8, 2004 8:49 AM

Our condolences.
THank you for the tip paraclete1

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Anonymous

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November 2005

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.

Don Alien [alien]

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allan

Member since
June 2003
From: Cavite, Philippines

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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JCon

Member since
March 2003
From: Northeast Washington State

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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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

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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zokissima

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July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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allan

Member since
June 2003
From: Cavite, Philippines

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.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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Anonymous

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November 2005

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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zokissima

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July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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