discussion car carpet

[Lee W]

Hey good people,

I'm after some advice, I'm on a mission, I need to carpet a hummer interior in 1 35 (all will be revealed later!).

Anybody got an idea on how to do this?...my brain hurts thinking about it .

Thanks in advance

Lee

 

[Guest]

Thin felt may do it Lee.

 

[Lee W]

Thin felt may do it Lee.

Mmm now there's a thought...Thanks Terry

Lee

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

You can actually buy flock from Hiroboy's website

Adrian

 

[PaulTRose]

quickest way is to buy some dolls house carpet (try hobbycraft) comes in all sorts of colours and is self adhesive

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Opps forgot to add the link !

http://www.hiroboy.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=flock&osCsid=b2518ce7c21dbd197cf5c32f6138f3a6&x=0&y=0

Adrian

 

[Lee W]

quickest way is to buy some dolls house carpet (try hobbycraft) comes in all sorts of colours and is self adhesive

Now this I like, we've got a hobbycraft opening near us soon...

Lee

 

[Lee W]

Lol thanks Ade

Lee

 

[Alan 45]

Textured paint on card is a good way well not that I've done it I saw it in a mag about two years ago

 

[Lee W]

UPDATE:

Hey people,

Thought I'd ask on everyone's opinion! What do you think?...ok so it's not painted or finished...

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...well, what do you think?

Lee

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[flyjoe180]

I think that looks quite effective Lee.

 

[Guest]

You been round my house. I wondered where the holes in our spare room carpet came from. And there I was blaming mice (very neat mice mind).

Looks very realistic lee.

 

[Lee W]

Thanks guys, welcome to the world of P-180 sandpaper, I thought it looked a good substitute...hopefully look better once painted!

Lee

 

[PaulTRose]

good lateral thinking there

 

[Guest]

Looks good, I have some very thin black foam rubber (can't remember what packaging it came from) which looks good. I also have this bookmarked should I ever get the skill to try leather.

http://italianhorses.net/Tutorials/Leather%20101/lthr.htm.

This is how they do the carpets

http://www.italianhorses.net/tutorials/Floormats/fmats.htm

Its quite an informative site

http://www.italianhorses.net/tutorials/tutorials.htm

hope it helps for future builds.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. Very useful.

 

[Lee W]

That should be useful at some point, thanks

Lee

 

[monica]

to me that look fine and is quite effective, without all the drama

 

[bluriusz]

I did flocking method on my latest build and it looks nice. But I didn't use the color I wanted, just a normal standard short grass flock and then I painted it to my desired color.

I'll post my build today I hope, and will drop a link in here.