What do you guys use to make sandbags and what is the correct size?

Thank you,
Mike

Milliput or any two part epoxy putty works great for sandbags. In full scale they are about 14 inches wide and about 24-26 inches long. In 1:35 that'd be 0.4 inches wide by 0.75 long.

This may help.

Making Sandbags

best regards
Engin

Thanks for the replies.

Mike

Two part epoxy putty sandbages.

What I did when making sandbags was I made a "cookie cutter" out of sheet brass to size, I don't recall the dimensions but the other poster's dimensions sound about right. The cookie cutter was round on the top and square on the bottom. I mixed apoxie putty and rolled it out to approximately 1/8 inch thick. After cutting them out and placing them I sculpted them a little in place, To make the portion of the bag that is tied, I made a tube of tissue paper roughly the size of the bag and tied white glued string around it in several spots. After the string dried I cut the tissue into short lengths one side right next to the knot. I then glued these onto the rounded end of the bag as needed using white glue to finalize the final position of the material and string.

I guess not easy to describe but hope you understand what I am saying.

Dave

very nice sandbags !

in Viet nam they were green nylon bags with a weave like pattern to them . (1971-72 )

While consulting my books, I came across two other options if you don't want to use epoxy putty. One; use florist's putty. It comes on a roll (like ribbon). Two; Chiclets (if you can still find them). Soak them in very warm water till the candy coating dissolves, rinse with cool water, and they're ready to go. Both can be pressed with cloth for texture and painted. Acrylics are recommended.