What is the best way to attach shrubs (bushes, leaves...etc.) to your the front of your tank for camo? String? Glue? or is there a better way?

It has to look as if it has been placed there, ie; stuck in a headlamp brush guard, under a tow cable, between canvas items. Tree limbs etc on the turret, try to have pointing upwards as if growing, otherwise it looks unnatural and stands out. For a model, tie it on or even glue as long as it appears temporary....and don't block hatches, periscopes, gunners view or turret movement. German tanks tended to have lots more natural shrubbery due to allied air superiority but not so much for US tanks unless they were in a static position for a while. A temporary fix to cover the white star was to place a bush or a couple small tree limbs over it....in winter, a hospital sheet or pillow case "borrowed" from a dispensary. Need depended a lot on the area and enemy threat. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the info PC, also another way to camouflage the star on US tanks was to cover it in mud..

The tank I'm trying to dress up is the Tiger, I know where I want to place the shrubs. I'm just not sure the best way to attact them without losting them when I'm battling with the tank. I was thinking a drop of glue to hold in place and hopfully not damage the paint too much if I remove it later.

Elmers Rubber Cement/Glue (can't remember which it is called)

Anyway, I've used it with sand bags directly on the tank and when I decided to remove it it did not affect the paint and the residual just rolled up with slight pressure with the finger.


- Jeff

Nice idea Jeff. Never have used it, but seems like a very clean way for a temporary stowage. Thanks for sharing.
Bill

Guys...

If you want 'netting'... window screening is often rather good, and avsilable out of the bin at any hardware store that re-screens. Bits of camo material (be it tan/brown/shades-of-green yarn, or whatever else, can be inserted into the gaps and pratically 'lced' in so it won't drop off.

I ~almost~ bought summat I saw in Princess Auto today... camo skeeter netting, like window type, but with greater density, such that the openings were HALF as big in one dimension. It wasd also pre-camo'd. 12' x 54", 19.99. Would be 22.60 after tax. Breaking it down, and depending on how its cut, thats $7.55 for a 48" x 54" (4' x 4'8") section, $5.65 for a 36" x 54" (3' x 4'8") section , or cut further, $2.85 for 36" x 27" (3' x 2'3")

If anyone is interested, I can snag a few of 'em. Easily folded and mailed flat!