Advice on Flocking material

[Terry1954]

Some of you have seen me on here in the Aircraft and AFV sections mostly, but it's time to look at some serious auto modelling. I've found some amazing websites selling kits, spares and materials for auto modelling, indeed a whole new world to me.

 

One area that I wondered if you vehicle experts can offer advice on is some decent flocking material. I've found some specialised stuff on the Spot model website by Scale Productions as well as some adhesive cloth by Model Factory Hiro, but I'm sure there are many other options out there. Just wondered what others are using?

 

Thanks

 

Terry

[keefr22]

Evening Terry

 

I've got a large stock of stuff from a stateside company called Ken's fuzzy fur (stop giggling at the back...!!) but I've had it for years so no idea if they're still going. I recently bought some of Hiroboy's own brand stuff and although I haven't used it yet it looks just the same.

 

An alternative is embossing powder you can get from craft stores and places like the Range. It comes in a multitude of colours but it often seems black is the most difficult to get hold of. I've used a light colour like yellow and just sprayed it matt black, worked OK.

 

Hiroboy are also doing self adhesive cloth now. I find it a bit more difficult to use than flock or embossing powder but do think it looks more in scale as carpet when done well. I don't like it for seats though as it looks overscale on them to me.

 

Something I once tried years ago, and may have another go at one day, was coating the floor with liquid cement and stippling it with a stiff brush - much like the armour guys do for anti slip surfaces. It didn't look too bad, maybe not as consistent in look as flocking, but just about the easiest method I've found so far - other than just painting the floor matt black...!! 

 

HTH

 

Keith

[Terry1954]

Thanks Keith @keefr22, very helpful stuff.

 

I'm finding this whole new interest in motor vehicles very interesting and discovering so much out there that I had previously ignored!

 

Terry

[rs2man]

I have no idea why , but it appears that flocking powers are used on women's fingernails .  If you search "Velvet flocking powder" on Ebay , you'll find a vast range of colours , available very cheaply .

[Redstaff]

1 hour ago, rs2man said:

I have no idea why , but it appears that flocking powers are used on women's fingernails .  If you search "Velvet flocking powder" on Ebay , you'll find a vast range of colours , available very cheaply .

I've used that and it wasn't too bad tbh, I only usually build F1 or rally cars though, so I've only used it once and it was a learning curve for me

[Terry1954]

2 hours ago, rs2man said:

I have no idea why , but it appears that flocking powers are used on women's fingernails .  If you search "Velvet flocking powder" on Ebay , you'll find a vast range of colours , available very cheaply .

 

31 minutes ago, Redstaff said:

I've used that and it wasn't too bad tbh, I only usually build F1 or rally cars though, so I've only used it once and it was a learning curve for me

 

Thanks both. This is all a learning curve for me!

 

Terry

[keefr22]

Tip on using flocking powder Terry - put the bit(s) to be flocked inside a box lid - that way it's easier to save the unused flock and get it back into it's container, and it also helps stop the flock blowing around all over your bench (and eventually ending up in your spray booth and your next clearcoat job!!  )

 

Keith

[Terry1954]

42 minutes ago, keefr22 said:

Tip on using flocking powder Terry - put the bit(s) to be flocked inside a box lid - that way it's easier to save the unused flock and get it back into it's container, and it also helps stop the flock blowing around all over your bench (and eventually ending up in your spray booth and your next clearcoat job!!  )

 

Keith

 

Sounds like sound advice, thanks Keith. I'm probably going to give it a try on the 1/32 Chevrolet I'm doing for my grandaughter .............. at least she is telling me that's what I have to do!

 

Terry

[bigbadbadge]

Some great tips there,  thanks to all of you, I used some sort of felt to carpet  a replica of my mate's Beetle, it was a sod to do, but looked good, I like the idea of flock materials. 

Thanks for the tips and thanks to Terry for posting

Chris

[keefr22]

20 minutes ago, Terry1954 said:

on the 1/32 Chevrolet I'm doing for my grandaughter

 

Talking of builds for grandaughters, hope you don't mind me posting this Terry? My grandaughter Brooke visited us from Hampshire in half term last October and after seeing my car models asked me to build her one for Christmas - so this was a lightning fast build for me! Her favourite colours are turquoise and purple and she loves horses (mother's influence!) hence the colour scheme. It's a Tamiya Lancer Evo V with an old NASCAR decal sheet. Best part of rally cars? No flocking...!!

 

 

Happy to remove if you want as it's well OT!

 

Keith

[bigbadbadge]

That looks great Keith what a cracking model 

And great gift.

Chris

[Terry1954]

1 hour ago, keefr22 said:

hope you don't mind me posting this Terry?

 

Absolutely not Keith, a very welcome post!

 

So the scheme is completely made up? It looks fantastic!

 

Terry

[keefr22]

26 minutes ago, Terry1954 said:

So the scheme is completely made up? It looks fantastic!

 

 

Thanks much Terry, yep all a figment of my imagination!

 

1 hour ago, bigbadbadge said:

That looks great Keith what a cracking model 

 

 

Cheers Chris, much appreciated.

 

Keith

[johnlambert]

I bought some self-adhesive carpet material from Hiroboy to try on a recent build.  I've also got some flocking powder but I've not tried that yet.

 

I found the material fairly easy to work with, I used masking tape to create templates based on the interior tub of the car and it cuts nicely with a sharp blade.

 

It's not the most obvious thing but it does give the interior a little lift and on this model (Tamiya Toyota Celsior) you can see enough of the interior through the windows that you can tell that the carpet is felt rather than paint.

[Redstaff]

I'm pretty sure I bought some of the self adhesive carpet from a model show a couple of years ago to try out

I need to have a look round as I haven't got a clue where I put it, think I got it for the Skyline R34 I have in the stash 

I tend to put things safe and usually find them after I have completed the build and used something else 🤣

 

Ian  

[Terry1954]

8 hours ago, johnlambert said:

I bought some self-adhesive carpet material from Hiroboy to try on a recent build.  I've also got some flocking powder but I've not tried that yet.

 

Thanks for that. Looks an interesting interior on the Celsior.

 

4 hours ago, Redstaff said:

I need to have a look round as I haven't got a clue where I put it,

 

Sounds familiar Ian!

 

Terry

[Six97s]

I used it once.  For me,the texture it produces seems a bit out of scale, and considering how much you can see of the floor in most completed models, I'm happy sticking with paint.