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I made my very own landing pad the other day...

(sorry about the size!)



It's made out of foamboard - Didn't take very long to make

However, the new ramp I've made (similar to the one on the picture above) is too slippery. After finishing I tried putting a model on it and it just slides down to the bottom. - It's only out by a few degrees, but I really don't want to make this ramp any 'flatter/longer'. - Has anyone heard of any clear 'textured spray varnish' to give the thing a bit more grip, without covering the paper I've printed over?

Alternatively, does anyone have any other ideas to stop my ramop turning into a slide?

Make some stairs?

mix some glue, sand and water and put it on the ramp, then paint it

Feluca

Can you get clear polyurethane sprays? that might help up the grippiness.

Glue some sandpaper to it then paint/varnish it to soften the sandpaper effect, but still provide traction?

Sorry. it's my fault, I should have said.... This picture is a few days old. I've since mounted a print over the ramp now, so it looks the same style as the rest of it. - I'd like to avoid using sand/textured paint since I'll obviously cover up the printed design...

A more recent picture would help, then.

I would inquire with one of our Aussie/Californian brethren who are of the surf buddy persuasion about grip products used on surf boards as there might be something in that range you can use

I'll upload a new picture when I get home. I'll look into the possibility of board wax.... alternatively, I *might* consider covering it a REALLY light coat of adjustable spraymount. - Just to make it a little bit 'tacky'.

You could always use the sand in a dirt/wear pattern over small "random" areas of the ramp. For example 2 tracks to show tire,tread wear or perhaps thin horizontal lines to show drainage tracks. A very thin strip of glue plus sand may be enough to stop the models from moving.

you could use some thin strips of carboard or or styrene and space them out so the base of the models can rest between them and not slide back.

http://www.daddiesboardshop.com/gravity-boards-clear-grip-tape-10-inch.aspx

Cut into strips, place on ramp, profit.
I'm sure there are other, cheaper, similar products.

Find really fine white sand. Use a clear spray and then just sift the sand really lightly over top. It will provide enough gip for models and shouldn't cover any detail

Take your models, a roll of paper towl and some super glue.
Put some super glue on the bottom of the base of the model and set the glue covered base on a sheet of paper towel. Then cut around the base with some scissors.

Take your models, a roll of paper towl and some super glue.....

....eh? - You're suggesting I glue bog roll to the bottom of all my models? - I appreciate the suggestion, but I think I'll leave this one...

bloody hell, that's good. I'm a big fan of the second edition era cardboard stuff and the firebase motif looks very cool. Would you be so good as to share how you made it? It's really cool.

With reference to the grip problem, how about that stuff that hockey players put around the grip of their stick? It's a thin tape and could easily be incorperated, colour wise as it's black and availalable in other colours and very low profile.

Thin lines of glue will dry clear, won't obscure the image, will 'break' sliding models, and is a real world solution.

Wow. The post -bot just smacked me down for missing my capital T at the start of that sentance.

godthedj wrote:Take your models, a roll of paper towl and some super glue.....

....eh? - You're suggesting I glue bog roll to the bottom of all my models? - I appreciate the suggestion, but I think I'll leave this one...

meh, it was the first thing that came to mind, it actually happened to me by accident when I sprayed a bunch of scouts on their stands with the whole assembly on paper towel, the paper towel didn't come off so I just sorta left it there, and now they don't fall over or anything so I guess "great success" but yea... its a silly suggestion.

fine silica sand lightly sifted onto varnish before it dries. clear silica plus clear varnish should = clear finish or you could try taking some sandpaper and a clear plastic sheet, paint your varnish then lay the plastic over it, lay the snadpaper ontop and put some sort of weight ontop to press it down while the varnish dries, you may need quite a thich coat of varnish. You might also have to use a release agent on the plastic sheet to stop it from getting stuck, it's worth trying on a piece of scrap first.

Seriously, whats with all the sand/varnish/whatever solutions...

Clear Grip tape. It works well, is relatively inexpensive, and is pretty hard to screw up.

Or the spray on equivalent I found by the scrying mirror known as google

http://www.edgeboardshop.com/modules/store/Lucid-Grip-br-Clear-Spray-On-Grip-Tape_P197109.cfm

"Pretty hard to..." does not equal "impossible" to.

I've seen some disastrous attempts to use stuff that "is impossible to screw up". They just don't take into account the often complete lack of a clue that people have.

It is true tho that sometimes we dakkanaughts get very overcomplicated in our thinking. sometimes the easiest and simplest solution can be very effective...
But the clear sand / fine silica and varnish would work perfectly well I believe.

chromedog wrote:"Pretty hard to..." does not equal "impossible" to.

I've seen some disastrous attempts to use stuff that "is impossible to screw up". They just don't take into account the often complete lack of a clue that people have.

And sprinkling silica hoping not to create a noticeable pile then varnishing it is harder to screw up than placing a piece of tape?

Yeah, okay.

Try applying very thin hot glue lines.

rigeld2 wrote:

chromedog wrote:"Pretty hard to..." does not equal "impossible" to.
I've seen some disastrous attempts to use stuff that "is impossible to screw up". They just don't take into account the often complete lack of a clue that people have.

And sprinkling silica hoping not to create a noticeable pile then varnishing it is harder to screw up than placing a piece of tape?
Yeah, okay.

We didn't say "NOT HARDER" we said "I CAN SCREW THAT UP!"

Case in point, using two sided tape rather than grip tape.

...

rigeld2 wrote:

chromedog wrote:"Pretty hard to..." does not equal "impossible" to.

I've seen some disastrous attempts to use stuff that "is impossible to screw up". They just don't take into account the often complete lack of a clue that people have.

And sprinkling silica hoping not to create a noticeable pile then varnishing it is harder to screw up than placing a piece of tape?

Yeah, okay.

wrong way round, you varnish first then sprinkle with silica. the silica will stick to the varnish no need to try to apply a silica and varnish paste or apply varnish over sprinkled silica....

I ended up using a really light mist of spray mount. It works absolutely perfectly. Nothing sticks to it as such, but has just enough grip to keep everything in place.

Bounty wrote:Thin lines of glue will dry clear, won't obscure the image, will 'break' sliding models, and is a real world solution.

Wow. The post -bot just smacked me down for missing my capital T at the start of that sentance.

not sure how your post got ignored, it was the most sensible solution to the problem