Howdy again. I’m back with another question to tease the mind. i am looking for some fencing in HO scale that is as close to a barbed wire fence as i can get. This will be used to keep all my cattle from roaming onto the track :-). anyway, i have found several picket fences and other types of wood fences for stock yards, but that just does not satisy my tatse. anyone got any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
I did it once for a diarama of WW2 model airplane, it was out of scale, but it gave the impresion of barbwire.
Take your favorite thread that looks like scale wire, and tie a simple overhand knot in it every so often with another piece of that thread.
I take a second piece of the same type of thread, and tie it on the first piece just loose enough that it can still slide on the ‘wire’ and then once I have several I slide them into position ( about where it looks right then trim the ends of the knots, then just a dab of super glue to hold the knots in place, and stiffen it up once it was were I wanted it.
There was a thread started last week I believe that covered the making of barbed wire fences, and it was stated that the barbs on a fence would be so small in HO scale you could not see them.
Simply use gray sewing thread, and I used small finishing nails painted orange with a silver top to make my ''T" post.
If you cannot find the previous thread, I will go more into detail. Do you want steel post or wooden? Mike
Iused thread and toothpicks. Cut the tops off and made a stick about 10 scale feet long and used that for spacing the posts. Then CA’d the tread on. I think it was easier to place the thread on the outside of the posts instead on the inside where it should be.
OK, here’s the deal. Sneak around the cosmetic section of Wallyworld and get a bottle of silver glitter nail polish. Use whatever you want for wire fencing - I’ve used black thread and fishing line with success. When you’re done, get your silver glitter nail polish and put a little blob about every inch or so. Let dry and be amazed at how much it looks like barbed wire without ever putting a barb on it. Get some red and green glitter polish as long as you have to sneak around - it works great for things like signal targets, dummy signals, and traffic lights too.
Check a company that is called Games Workshop. Under their Warhammer40000 selection they do sell a very nice barbed wire.
http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.uk?do=Individual&code=99220199030&orignav=9
Magnus
Hi, if you are looking for “real” HO barbed wire this is the place to look for it.
It is made by a french company called G.P.P. decor products
On a small photo etched sheet measuring 12cm x 5,5cm you have 5 meters of barbed wire !!!
It can easily be sent to you by mail, after paying by visacard.
The reference is FB 100 fil barbelé.
The website is:www.gpp.fr
And forget all that work to imitate the stuff
Good modeling
Guy from Belgium
Again lets make that clickable:
I’ve made my barbed wire from thin wire, painted it with a brush and sprinkled Woodland fine turf on to the wet wire.
Here you see this fence at my modul “Naumburg”:
And this pic shows the fence from ADM at our “Silicon Valley”:
Wolfgang
Like others have said, I also just use three or four strands of gray thread with knots tied in it every so often that I Super Glue to 1/16 width wooden posts evenly spaced apart, and wa la!. Barbed wire fence…
Tracklayer