Hi folks,

I got a lot of questions on how i made the flag on the Sd.Kfz.222. See picture:"

So i want to share my technique with you. It's a very simple proces.

You need the following parts and tools:

-a model
-piece of toilet paper (soft one, not the stiff ones commonly sold in France)
-PVA (wood) glue
-water

That's all you need, and paint offcourse.
First step: Fold the paper in the desired size, it looks a bit thick but that will come down. Dont use a single cut piece because that's to thin and will torn apart when placing it.

Second step: Place the paper on the model at the desired place.

Third step: Take some PVA glue and thin it with water at aprox. 50:50. Then spray or brush (carefull) it on the flag.

Fourth step: Once the paper is sooked carefully form it how you want it to look. Remove any PVA-water excess on the model with a tissue. Small drops are no problem and will dry without leaving marks, bigger ones need to be removed.

Fifth step: Let dry overnight. Then use your imagine to paint the flag. This one was painted by hand with a brush, but if you mask the model you can use an airbrush too. Some final weathering and your flag will be ready!!!

Good luck and let me now if you have any questions or if it worked for you.

Wouter

AHH So France has Clint Eastwood paper!

ROUGH TOUGH AND TAKES NO poo-poo FROM NO-ONE! #:-) #:-) #:-)

Great tip Wouter! very well explained. I gotta try that sometime.
Just one question, how did you weather the flag?

Cheers,

CDT Reimund Manneck
U.S. Army ROTC

Thanks for the tip.
Your model looks great.

In this case i only used a wash of heavy diluted burnt sienna oil paint. But you can virtually do everything to the flag because when the glue has dried it goes rock hard and can be handeled like plastic. So you can drybrush it too. BTW, you can use this technique for a lot of things like canvas tents or covers for mantlets. Just use your imagination!...

Wow! The work was done very nice! Also, the tip is very useful. Thanks!

Just a thought...wouldn't it be easier to paint the flag first and then soak it in glue? Painting it first would ensure that the flag is symmetrical.

It would be, but the toilet paper is very easy torn and the paint will make the paper stiff. Then it won't form nicely over your model and i don't know how the glue effects the paint, especially if you use acrylics.

Not a good idea...these are very pourous papers and your paint will spread like WWII tattoo on an 80 year old. The dried glue will act like a regular plastic surface.

thanks for posting that