Last night as I was bemoaning the fact that I don't have enough windows to finish my current project, my wife asked me why I don't scratch build them.
I answered my usual, "because it's too difficult."
But are they? It got me to thinking about building my own. I would only build the simple looking windows, none of the crazy nifty ones you can get with 9 small windows over 1 medium sized one. I can do the simple rectangle with a cross piece of wood... why not try?
Then I noticed my wax paper sitting there on top of my work area. Hmm.
Normally, when I go to put pre-built windows in my buildings, I either use a black-out piece cardboard or give the plastic a shot of Dulcoat so you can't quite see inside.
If I used wax paper as the glass, and made it taunt, would that work? Would it look ok? I admit that there are some buildings where I will have clear glass so we can see inside, but for the most part, I am blacking out most of my buildings.
I don't know if this belongs in the HO forum or the scratchin' & scratchin' forum...
George
I answered my usual, "because it's too difficult."
But are they? It got me to thinking about building my own. I would only build the simple looking windows, none of the crazy nifty ones you can get with 9 small windows over 1 medium sized one. I can do the simple rectangle with a cross piece of wood... why not try?
Then I noticed my wax paper sitting there on top of my work area. Hmm.
Normally, when I go to put pre-built windows in my buildings, I either use a black-out piece cardboard or give the plastic a shot of Dulcoat so you can't quite see inside.
If I used wax paper as the glass, and made it taunt, would that work? Would it look ok? I admit that there are some buildings where I will have clear glass so we can see inside, but for the most part, I am blacking out most of my buildings.
I don't know if this belongs in the HO forum or the scratchin' & scratchin' forum...
George