Tank recognition flag

Skauser · Post by **Skauser** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:07 am

Does anybody know where I could find a german one . 1/18 scale ? ,preferably on the net.

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:32 am

It's pretty easy to make your own. Just download an appropriate jpeg or other image, scale to the size you want with any graphic program, even windows paint will work for this purpose. Print it out with any common color inkjet printer, then carefully fold and spindle the paper repeatedly... doing this carefully over and over again will produce a texture that is quite similar to cloth, and the results are quite satisfactory in my opinion. This particular example is one of my earliest attempts, and the red has become somewhat faded over time, but it gives you an idea of what's possible with plain paper and an inkjet printer. Click the thumbnail to enlarge...

Skauser · Post by **Skauser** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:41 am

Thanks for the advice , I'll give that a try.

zhukov · Post by **zhukov** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:45 pm

there are some here:

http://www.tankzone.co.uk/cart/tz_stow_flags.htm

Skauser · Post by **Skauser** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:44 pm

Nice one. I'll have a go at making a flag first , but I'll probably buy one of these as the selection and quality is perfect.

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:26 pm

Should be easy to make, but being lazy, I bought mine for my 1/6 toy.

TTT

AlloySkull · Post by **AlloySkull** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:43 pm

I used to crumple and uncrumple paper for stress relief until the paper had a texture like toilet paper. It was cool. I'm going to try this.

AlloySkull · Post by **AlloySkull** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:52 pm

It looks really nice. It doesn't drape as well as I want it to, but crumpling it gave it a really ragged and faded look, which I like. Mine was also on 1:32, so the drape is a lot harder to get.

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:09 am

Experimenting with different types of paper might produce something that is more akin to real cloth. There is a type of paper called "cotton rag" which has a high cotton fiber content and would probably be ideal for this purpose, but I hear it is hard to come by and expensive because it is favored by counterfeiters..

Anyway, plain printer paper has it's drawbacks... but the price is right, and there is really no limit to the designs you can print out.