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Red4
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Posted: Monday, June 06, 2005 - 06:44 AM UTC
Looking for pics of the camo net / material that the brits used on their armor. Looks kind of like long strips of cloth attached to netting and layered. I saw one of these posted on here awhile back, but can't seem to find it. Sorry if my explination isn't clear enough. Thanks. "Q"
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Posted: Monday, June 06, 2005 - 09:15 AM UTC
Hi Matthew:

I believe it was called Hessian Tape Camo. Netting. Check out this article:
http://users.pandora.be/ronny.noben/website/index.htm

Hope this helps.

Keith
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Posted: Monday, June 06, 2005 - 09:40 AM UTC
MIssing lynx has an article on it here:
http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/britain/emhess/hessian.htm
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Posted: Monday, June 06, 2005 - 02:33 PM UTC
Thanks for the help guys. Exactly what I was looking for. "Q"
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Posted: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 05:46 PM UTC
Matthew,just a hint to make the "tape".I used this on a Challanger 1awhile ago.I took a coffee filter (same as any normal home coffee maker uses) and painted it the colours I wanted.I cut it into strips and tied it to the netting.Allthough this is a little different than the WW2 way the coffee filter paper may do the job for you.
Jim
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