ive made gun straps out of the spure but it never looked like a strap so i thought doing them out of tin foil & want a brillent resort u can shape them do want u like with them but has u know the spure snaps easy. well i hope this will help some of you out. later warzone

Here are your choices...
Millput
Styrene
Lead Foil

I'd like to add the foil (at one time the wine bottle wrapper over the top of the cork WAS indeed lead foil but because of fear of lead poisoning the foil is no longer made of lead) from the top of wine bottles that covers the cork to the list of materials webbing or weapon straps can be made from. It's some kind of metalized paper, i believe. Anyway, I like the way it can be worked with. I usually sand the printing off the foil before cutting and painting it.

Regards,

Foil is my favorite - you start looking at foil on everything - food containers, packaging, wine etc etc

I use post it note pad paper. It's got some weight to it and takes paint pretty well. I use white glue to attach it to the weapon. When it is wetted, it can be shaped how you like, but it is fragile so no rough handling while wet or it tears. Patience is the name of the game with this stuff. "Q"

I am with Matthew. Good quality printer paper and a steel rule. Cut it in strips. Takes paint well and if you goof, you have the whole sheet. It actually droops really naturally after one coat of water base paint, too.

Shaun

Hi,

Don't know if it would help but I use masking tape. I cut a strip of masking tape and fold it together (sticky part to sticky part ) to make it thicker. I paint the masking tape with the desired color. For the buckle I sometimes use foil tapes...

Cheers

I did a little article on my website about how to use flattened solder for straps. It might be of interest. It's easy to glue, position and paint.
Mike
www.monroeperdu.com

Brown paper bag.Soak it with sprayed isopropyl alcohol and wad it up kinda tight.Carefully unravel it and flatten it back out.Hit it with thinned Tamiya Dark Brown acrylic and then let dry.Slice an d cut to suit.
Cheers!

I made the MG's straps from foil:



I got the foil from one of those foil etching sets. I got the idea when I saw SWMBO's god-son doing one. The foil is pliable and a bit tougher than the tin-foil we get down here.

You can use miliput, or any modelling epoxy, but the key there is to work it and get it into shape and position before it cures properly.

RR

I agree with Warthog.I've been using masking tape now for years and it is the best thing I've found.The only difference is that I only paint one side first,then place it were I need it.The sticky side(unpainted)adheres to each spot that needs attaching.then a drop of glue.When dry ,paint the underside.
Hope this helps.

Evergreen plastic strips for me