Cranky's All Torn Up

[Dr. Cranky]

Hello, maties, Dr. Cranky tuning in once again to show you how utterly easy it is to add a bit of flavor to your interior seats . . .

Follow along singing the torn-up song!

Okay, so all you need is toilet paper (yes, the pattern kind), some diluted white glue, scissors, a brush and tweezers . . .

Drill a 1/4 or 1/2 inch hole in the spot where you want to show your torn seat . . .

Like in the example on the right . . .

The idea is to make the holes large enough for the impending cotton or fiber to fit into . . .

Like this:

[Dr. Cranky]

But wait! We are getting ahead of ourselves here . . .

First you cut the toilet paper to legth in the general shape of the seat, and you place it on the seat and then put a drop or two of diluted glue to anchor the seat, then with the brush you slowly drip a drop here and drop there until the whole toilet paper tissue has been moistened.

Allow it to dry . . .

Then you place the cotton (I used a bit from the head of a Q-tip) and you put it through the hole and push it up through the dry upholstery . . .

Here's another angle . . .

[Dr. Cranky]

You then take electrical tape or duct tape and cut it down to scale, then you simply add it around the edges or over the whole. With you handy tweezers you pull up a bit of the material.

There's no wrong way to do this so you do it until you like the results . . .

The idea is to add interest to your interior and provide yet another detail to keep the viewer's eye fixed on your model . . .

Give it a try, it can't be any easier and please share your results . . .

[MikeMc]

all it needs are a couple of rusty springs poking out!!!!

Top Shelf as always Virgil

[matador88]

nice tip. although i`ve never seen such pattern toilet paper (i guess its not common in europe?)..

[Dr. Cranky]

LOL, any embossed type of TP will work, or paper towel . . .

[MoparWoman Jamie]

nice tip. although i`ve never seen such pattern toilet paper (i guess its not common in europe?)..

It kinda reminded me of roman noodles. Or maybe a Tuxs.

[runsw/scissors]

Cranky you've done it again. Great tip. Ive gotta give this type of modeling a try I've always admired this style from a distance. Now that I got an idea how it's done, its time to jump in and give it a try.

Edited November 16, 2010 by runsw/scissors

[vaughn]

Thats a good one. I've used some of your Tips before and will continue. Thanks.

Edited November 16, 2010 by vaughn

[cruz]

Virgil, you are way too nice a guy to have "cranky" anywhere near your name, Cranky people don't usually share all this good stuff with anybody.! There is so much to learn from you amigo, thanks for always keeping us informed!!!

[Dr. Cranky]

That's because you don't have to live with me, buddy!

Thanks for the nice words though.

[imatt88]

Excellent!

Can you paint it?

[carchub]

You'll definitely see me trying this out in the near future!

[Dr. Cranky]

Yes, once it dries you can paint it with a brush and thinned paint or you can use the AB. It can also be drybrushed.

[Jurva]

I just mixed acrylic color to the diluted glue. Works fine.