After reading several threads and comments on how to DIY (instead of buying) I thought of this idea…but you will need a 3D printer (I don’t have one). Design a circular cutter similar to a rivet maker. Instead of the wheel with teeth, a wheel with individual semi-circular cutters, that when wheeled along a straight line will cut a line of Barracuda semi-circles. Would this concept be do-able?
Maybe….lots of math/trial and error to set the spoke angle correctly.
I would think a row or two of half cut metal tubes that would act as a punch would work faster/easier.
Curious to see what you do and the results.
Suspect it will depend on the material you’re trying to cut. Probably work well to sculpt a pattern in modelling clay or milliput.
A pattern with a slight wave might be better than perfectly straight?
Mal
I’ve started but not finished grinding dead spots in this Olfa pinking cutter based on the pattern in US cam nets. Cut a line of half circles and then flip over and cut the other side of the pattern. An improvement over my first attempt using a chisel blade bent into a half circle.
Hmmm…when I saw your solution I thought of these…
corrugated joint fasteners. I’ll have to see if the DIY store has them compatible with 1/72 scale.
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Please post dimensions when you have them!
I have somewhere one sheet of AFV Club Barracuda Camo, I can’t put my hands on it to give dimensions yet.
There is this ARKEBUZA Review on Armorama from 2012, and this Swedish Hobbysite (in English) Plastic Warfare.se how-to-make-realistic-barracuda-camouflage-netting-in-135 Dated 2007, which gives dimensions of 1.4mm ht & 2.5mm width of the individual 1/2 circles, with 2mm between each row for spacings.