I’m working on my Merchants Row kit and I’m to the point where I need to do something with the glass. I’m not going to light my buildings and I really don’t want to do interiors for around 20 structures in my city scene. I know about using masking tape for blinds and I don’t want to pay $40 for a CD to print out drapes. Anyone have any good ideas or sites to download store interiors or drapes that I can print out. I figure I’ll just dull coat the backside windows, but I’d like to dress the fronts up a little. Just fishing for ideas.
For drapes I used a thinned down wash of Floquil paint and a small flat brush, brush downward on the inside of the window only once. Try brushing first on a piece of scrap clear stock first to get the right mix.
Maybe something like this?
Checker curtains
or venetian blinds
Used Microsoft Paint to do both styles. I see the curtain hanger needs to redo his job. [:-^]
Exactly like that! I’ve found some pictures of blinds that should work pretty good. Did you paint your windows black? (the parts not covered by the blinds?) And how did you get those checker drapes to look 3D? They look like a real piece of cloth hanging there.
I like to get my interiors & out side signs off the web…ebay is one good place…under the collectable heading go to advertising for signs & to postcards to find interior views. You can find buildings for backdrops. Just copy & past on a desktop, size for your scale (I’m in HO) & print on your choice of paper, card stock, full label, photo paper or decal.
Ideas are endless! (and cheap)
No, didn’t paint the windows, do have paperstock or cardboard dividers inside building for blocking light from showing thur. The curtains were folded and/or rolled to create waves, instead of just flat paper.
Thanks guys!
tomkat-Those interiors should work great! Thanks.
I Google for images of grocery store shelves, etc. I print them on cardstock, and they’ll either stand up by themselves, or I’ll fold them into shelf structures. I used to look at other layouts with building interiors, and say “No way I’m gonna do that.” Now, though, I’ve realized that a very little extra work yields big rewards.
Part of the key is knowing which windows need stuff inside. Generally, I go for the big storefront windows that are near the viewing edge of the layout. The very small windows are too hard to see through, so the effect is minimized.
Just for quick curtains and blinds , I have gone to J.C. Pennys website , many pixs of both in their home section.
Awning was made in MS Paint. Curtains made from paper. Pieces of Kleenex Tissues make decent curtains too.
Interiors were made from images found on the net, as well as pieces of card.
Mike
If all you want are drapes and blinds, I can vouch for the Microsoft approach, although I just use fill patterns available the draw function in Word and change the colors as I wish. If I want interior lighting to shine through them somewhat, I attach them to the inside of the window with the frosted style of adhesive tape. If the curtains or blinds are meant to be totally opaque, then I put a strip of electical tape behind them. Cheers.
This may not be the best example I have, but you get the drift.
RRCanuck-I love your city pics![tup] You have about every building I’ve got on my wish list for my city scene. Walthers has a bunch of them on sale in their 2 latest catalogs.
My late wife use curtain advertisements from magazines that she cut to size and other like stuff…For mannequins she use Bachmann figures…
A magazine can offer up loads of window details.
hello matey, hello from aus … long time no hear send me an email some time peter… i just cut different colored sheets of paper from magazines and glue them inside the windows … before you do it give the inside of the window a very light wash of blue and grey paint this looks like the sky is reflecting on the glass… peter
Thanks Loathar. I have just 1 or 2 vacant places where I could still put something - make that 1, since I just picked up a kit at my LHS this afternoon. I’ve responded to your PM. Cheers.
HEY PETER!!! Long time no see!!! I sent you a P.M. Check your E-mail.[:)]
Take a camera (preferably digital) with you when you shop. When you see something you want in your HO (or other gauge) store, take a picture of it![2c]