Google image search for curtains or drapery. Problem solved.
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
Why pay money for curtains, shades, interior decor when you can find all you want on line. Just copy & paste to a MS publisher or MS word, resize & print. I use double side tape to put rugs, flooring & wall paper on cardstock or plastic. Here are some you can use.
For some buildings I scanned the facade and brought it into a drawing programs as the base layer. I then added curtains or blinds using pattern fills or image fills into rectangles slightly larger than the "windows". I also used images obtained from cgtextures.com for store fronts and for stained glass windows in a church.
Depending on presence or absence of interior lighting, I print on paper, glossy paper or transparency material.
Doc
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Evan Designs has a software CD called Windows Designer that allows the printing of all types of curtains.
http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/window-designer.html
Looking from the outside, many windows you see have blockout material, not decorated material. That can be simply simulated by using masking tape cut to shape and sticking on your windows... just a thought!
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mr B, that interior detailing is getting fantastic! I see that you have been working at this for some time, but that is great!
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
I built the same kit. For window shades, I used the pre-made sheets from City Classics. This is an interior view of one room. I used the Venetian blinds, pre-printed on clear acetate so all you do is cut them to size and glue them in:
I did do interiors in these rooms. They're just printed on the computer, and again, cut to size and glued in. I made the interior walls with foamboard. This is a nighttime shot from the front:
Some rooms have blinds, and others have pull-down shades. with either of these, visibility into the room is greatly restricted, so just putting in an image of a rug is enough to provide a "detailed" interior.
This is the City Classics "Grant Street Building" kit, I believe. Here, I "doubled down" on some of the windows, with the pre-made windows with signs and then blinds or shades behind them.
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