Having started working again on my Academy Achilles, I decided to rework the sandbagging on the front I was using simple modelling clay... Opinions, comments/suggestions insults welcome.

The TOP pic shows a shot into the driver's area WHICH is finished....Jim



What I did do, was to put a strip of plasticard under the track length. Also while the clay is still wet, I put in a length of wire, to tie it down....

Hi Jim,

IMHO your weathering of the interior--a witches brew of dirt, oil, rust, gunk, bllod sweat and tears, that rusty-brown stuff--is the best
i've seen! Please tell me what you used?

The bags have a good texture to them. I have not attempted sandbags yet, but I think they look better if they are slightly irregular, showing the sand settling down hill, slightly swelled at the bottom.

Looking forward to more shots of them,

Fred

The texture is dead simple actually, some use a small piece of cloth, I use an old toothbrush. All I do is just 'stipple it on the clay while it's still wet, It might be slightly out of scale, but as the general idea is just to 'roughen' the surface... Next problem is going to be painting them... Any suggestions?...Jim

When I did a sandbagged Sherman I cut some pieces of silicon baking parchment and laid them on the glassis plate - then pressed my preshaped sandbags into it with a piece of fine textured cloth. That meant that when they'd dried I could lift them up - what came with them (brush guards) could be put back in one piece fortunately :-) I was then able to paint and dry brush, and then they could be put back in place (with a bit of jiggling and some cussing too I'm afraid)
I didn't think of putting a rope across them - one to remember for the next time I think