I was just wondering if there were any materials people out there use to replicate camouflage netting on armor?
Any help is appreciated
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.
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)?
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
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.
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
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.
If you don’t wanna go for wedding veil-try the mesh used by salmon fishermen to tie egg sacks.
I don’t believe I’m familiar with what you’re talking about dannyandre
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.
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.
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!
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. [V]
I use medical gauze for mine and the other ideas were great to hear also…
Zokissima & Alex,
I hopefully will be able to finish the Chally soon. Ill post pics here. Thanks.
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.[;)] Anyway, that might be something to try.
Don[alien]
Our condolences.
THank you for the tip paraclete1
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.
Interesting Topic. Pics Please!
Dave
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. [:)]