home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.models.scale
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!gatech!concert!samba!phoenix!thorn
- From: thorn@phoenix.radonc.unc.edu (Jesse Thorn)
- Subject: Re: Making 1/35th-scale rifle straps
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.145311.29183@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Sender: usenet@samba.oit.unc.edu
- Nntp-Posting-Host: phoenix.radonc.unc.edu
- Organization: Radiation Oncology, NCMH/UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
- References: <C0Fuoz.4MA@wilber.rich.nt.com>
- Distribution: na
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:53:11 GMT
- Lines: 16
-
- In article <C0Fuoz.4MA@wilber.rich.nt.com> zing@wilber.rich.nt.com (Leon Z. Lee) writes:
- >Does anyone have any ideas of making rifle and machine gun straps for
- >1/35th scale combat figures. I was thinking of cutting strips of
- >masking tape and then painting them, but if there is a better method of
- >making these straps..I would be most appreciative for the info.
-
-
- Use thin strips of lead foil. This is more flexible and easier to form
- than masking tape. I use the buckles from various 1/35th scale afv
- photoetch detail sets that include such things for vehicle strap tie
- downs. The Verlinden Sherman detail sheet has a bunch. Use stuporglue
- to glue it all together. There was an article in FSM within the last
- few years that covered this topic. Check your old issues.
-
-
- --Jesse
-