I am wondering if any of you guys have a simple way of getting good looking shell holes in armour.

Hi Mark,

I don't do this technique very often, but it looks good and realistic for small caliber penetrations.

Thin the area you want to put the shell hole, but do it on the inside. Then take a small philips screwdriver (such as a Jewlers) and slowly press against the thinned area from the outside until you punture the thinned out area.

One technique that I read about, but have never tried, is one for High Velocity penetrators, such as US 76mm HVAP or 17 pdr. Using a small jewelers screwdrive, heat it up and slowly press against the plastic until you punch through. The heated scewdriver causes the plastic to melt and form the rounded edges characteristic of a high velocity round.

As with anything new, try it on some scrap plastic or a donor vehicle.

Steve