Small Scale Military Headquarters

Hello, I have a questions about supplies/stowage on vehicles.

I want to customize my sherman with some stowage, (possibly from build-a-rama). Is there an easy way to attach it to the vehicle not permanently so I can take it off if I want? And I don't want it to ruin the paint on the vehicle either.

Thanks,

AJ

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Not really. You would have to make small stowage loops like on the real ones to tie off your stuff.

lol thanks, so I just attach it with super glue permanently?

May I try a suggestion? I've customized soldiers to fit some figures with equipment from others, like backpack, flask, magazine holders. Make a very thin hole in the stowage with a dremel and in your tank, put a needle in your stowage and hang it on your tank. A small hole is far much less visible than a superglue gloss splash.

I just use poster tack and stick it on. It doesn't have the proper stowage rope get-up, but it does the job.

I also used a sort of removable chewing gum to hang posters on the wall without making holes, to hold my figures on their seats, for example 4 soldiers on the side of a Little Bird. Not easy, you have to wash it with spirit or it doesn't makes it. Too many soldiers falled down before any battle. And when the white clay is coming out of the soldier's pants because you want to press him on his seat ...

granch wrote:I also used a sort of removable chewing gum to hang posters on the wall without making holes, to hold my figures on their seats, for example 4 soldiers on the side of a Little Bird. Not easy, you have to wash it with spirit or it doesn't makes it. Too many soldiers falled down before any battle. And when the white clay is coming out of the soldier's pants because you want to press him on his seat ...

Don't know what stuff you are using, but I have never had any problems with the Staples blue poster tack.

thanks guys, I'll probably go with a putty of some sort

I once glued a bunch of stowage to a 21C M41 with white craft glue (Elmer's). Worked very well, and when I decided to remove the stowage I just soaked the tank in water overnight and it all came off. Then a little clean up with a damp cloth, and you'd never know the stowage had been there.

POSTER TACK!

Sorry to yell (figuratively) but the poster tack stuff has worked quite well for me over the years. Its best on a flat, non-vertical surface and will come off without residue or the permanence of glue. It will loose its stick over time, however, especially with dust and moisture.