Have an M7 Priest diorama in mind. What can I use for camouflage netting? Will be working in 1/35 scale.
Thanks.
You can buy camo netting, Verlinden does some. But I have heard of people using gauze dipped in thinned white glue and painted.
Yeah, WWII netting is kind of difficult to replicate where it has the burlap strips woven into the mesh. For a rolled stowed net, gauze or cheesecloth works well enough.
Thanks everyone. I was wanting to use netting over the M7 to replicate a picture from a book. Just thought this morning that with stage prop experience, they use small hairnets over wigs for storage. Maybe that might be the right size.
As stikpusher suggested cheese cloth/ tack cloth works well.tack cloth is usually in three or four layers but is easily pulled apart
i picked up a yard of bridal veil. stretch it out and paint it. like everything else once it’s painted you have to “mould” it to make it look like it’s draped; can’t just pit it on the vehicle and let gravity do it. for rolled up or as a deployed net on poles works well.
I picked up some bridal tulle and it works well for 1/35 scale. Spiraled some narrow lengths and thin thickness of putty on the tulle to replicate designs on the netting. Used 1/16" wide tape around the perimeter to “seal” the sides and painted. Worked OK. Thanks for the help.
you can also spry it and sprinkle oregano or diied parsley for some additional texture. if i have an awful seam on a modern tank gun barrel i’ll wrap it in camo like the europeans do.
Dried parsley. Riiiiiight. From Colorado??
I like that idea.