So I asked if he could get me some of this stuff,
he duly turned up with about 5 square yards on a roll.
Gotta love the mooch factor.

Anyways, after having a play about with it,
it looked like leather but I dunno what it was exactly.
The material backing, as I found out could be removed and I gave it a try.

With some grunt work it did indeed come away and
what I was left with was a thin and flexible material that had a
leather look but fine enough to pass off in scale...

SORTED !!