discussion Help! Read a post on a thread about making tarps - FOUND

[GerryW]

The post was about making tarps from a spectacle wipe - and said about painting it with a very thinned down paint, I've now used that method, and when I put up the dio that I'm doing, would like to credit the person who put it up (as it was their post that told me how to do it), but I can't find it again, tried searching under all manner of words, found a mention of the wipes by 'Beowulf', but that post didn't go into the method, so it wasn't that one - any ideas how I might find it again folks?

 

[spanner570]

Gerry, not sure, but I think it might have been 'Scottie' (Paul)

 

[GerryW]

Gerry, not sure, but I think it might have been 'Scottie' (Paul)

I know that he put up a thread how to make them with PVA (got that bookmarked) - will try a search with him as 'author', thanks :thumb2:
Edit, can't find anything with Scottie as author using various terms :worried:

 

[PaulTRose]

it is something i have used.......ive used all sorts of things over the years but the last time i made a tarp it was with a spec wipe...all i did was let it dry out........thinned out some acrylic paint and dipped it.....did it roughly to get some shade variation.......let it dry......then scrummpled (thats a good woody word :smiling5: )so it looked creased.....then draped it over some bits of polystyrene to to represent cargo.....dyed cotton to tie it down

 

[adt70hk]

it is something i have used.......ive used all sorts of things over the years but the last time i made a tarp it was with a spec wipe...all i did was let it dry out........thinned out some acrylic paint and dipped it.....did it roughly to get some shade variation.......let it dry......then scrummpled (thats a good woody word :smiling5: )so it looked creased.....then draped it over some bits of polystyrene to to represent cargo.....dyed cotton to tie it down

Completely by coincidence I tried it recently and it worked really well

ATB.

Andrew

 

[CarolsHusband]

It wasn't me, if that helps.....

 

[GerryW]

it is something i have used.......ive used all sorts of things over the years but the last time i made a tarp it was with a spec wipe...all i did was let it dry out........thinned out some acrylic paint and dipped it.....did it roughly to get some shade variation.......let it dry......then scrummpled (thats a good woody word :smiling5: )so it looked creased.....then draped it over some bits of polystyrene to to represent cargo.....dyed cotton to tie it down

Could have been your post that I read then, thanks for posting. :thumb2:

Completely by coincidence I tried it recently and it worked really well

ATB.

Andrew

Or was it your post :surprised: think that I'll have to thank all of the members who have posted up 'how to' on this
Yes, needs a good 'scrummpling' though:thumb2:

 

[GerryW]

It wasn't me, if that helps.....

Pity that you didn't say last night:smiling5:, spent ages going through your 'Flakverling' build, thinking that it was in there:upside::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy: (was about that time that I saw the post)

 

[PaulTRose]

i think it was my Panzer III build from a couple of months back

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[GerryW]

i think it was my Panzer III build from a couple of months back

That's the one! The 'how to' was in the 'completed' thread - probably why I've been missing it!
Many thanks for putting that up!

 

[adt70hk]

Could have been your post that I read then, thanks for posting. :thumb2:

Or was it your post :surprised: think that I'll have to thank all of the members who have posted up 'how to' on this
Yes, needs a good 'scrummpling' though:thumb2:

Nope

 

[PaulTRose]

i think 'scrummple' should enter the modelling lexicon :smiling6:

 

[rtfoe]

You can use apple paper if you want a larger piece.

Cheers,
Richard.