Laundry hanging on a wash line

[Anonymous]

The Scenic Express catalog has some figures with a clothes line. I don't remember if it is Woodland Scenics or Preisser (sp?)

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Here is what they have:
http://www.sceneryexpress.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PR10050
http://www.sceneryexpress.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PR79050

[dknelson]

The nice thing about Earl Smallshaw's aluminum foil idea (and he also makes awnings out of foil) is that you can bend the clothes to look like they are flapping in the wind -- tough to do with any other material. Mounting those photos of clothes onto foil could get the same effect but could look too thick maybe.
By the way, distant memory suggests that the old Weston figure of the lady handing out the laundry was called "Mrs. Spumoni" Some of yoou may remember the figure called "Flexible Freddie"
Dave Nelson

[Anonymous]

Fingers don't hold things that small anymore. Eyes can't see them anyway. But, I'm going to try and get back with a report. Like to see the results of other attempts too. Have a digital camara but have not learned to attach a picture to my reply. Working on that too.

oj
Chesapeake, Shenandoah & Appalachia Railway

[WickhamMan]

Actually finding clothes drying on a line could prove quite challenging these days.

[bsteel4065]

Hey ***, that's a good idea.

[Anonymous]

If you have a digital camera, take some pix of clothes on a line, put the pix on computer and reduce to approiate size. Print and cut out. You will get the approiate wrinkles and natural drape of clothes hanging.

***,
Coyote Pass & Northern

[Anonymous]

What about using colored tissue paper used in gift wrapping?

[Anonymous]

I remember on my old layout I had a shanty kit made by Lifelike. It had a small figure of a woman hanging up laundry and included some HO scale clothes like a pair of overalls and two aprons. The line itself was basically little more than regular sewing thread between two plastic poles. I'd do the same thing myself except for the clothes I'd say maybe reduce some picture of actual clothes down to scale size and hang them on or maybe some pieces of colored construction paper cut into the shape of clothes.

Or maybe decide that all the women on your layout went modern and either own a maytag or go to the laundromat. [(-D]

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QUOTE: Originally posted by bsteel4065

I think it's only Earl Smallshaw who has done this very successfully.
Does anyone know how to create HO washing hanging on a line?
Is it really just cut out small sheets and shirts and pants and glue 'em up or are there any subtle tips from anyone out there?
Thanks in adavnce. [^]

MRR April 06 issue - Build the 4x8 Stone Creek shows women hanging laundry on page 70. The article says they were Preiser figures - I checked on the Web and although the figures are not the same - Preiser part # 10050 is a set of figures hanging laundry - HO scale. The link below is just one vendor that carries the figures.

http://www.rocousa.com/DETAIL.ASP?PRODUCT_ID=PR10050

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Brad

[tomikawaTT]

A realistic wash line would have to be a single strand from a piece of flexible wire - rather fragile, but then, it's not going to be subjected to the kind of battering that catenary has to take. A little white (modern nylon) or tan (older hemp) paint, then bend the tabs of your al-foil wash over it.

Anybody feel up to modeling clothespins in HO scale?

[Anonymous]

Just visited a HO layout the other day and there was some hanging. It was made of paper and colored with colored pencils. Looked good from about 2 feet or more away from it. I think you could use some matte medium to help it hold it's shape as it "blows in the wind"

[bsteel4065]

JBCA
What a great idea! How many washes do you think to get my Levis down to 1/87?
So aluminium then guys? I'll give a go. Mind you, my eye sight is not as good as it used to be .... I may have to give the socks a miss!
Thanks.

[JBCA]

My wife doesn't let me do wash because I do everything in hot water and it shrinks.

So . . . If we washed things over and over and over . . . in hotwater . . . ?

[Anonymous]

Fos Scale makes some scale laundry,and Preiser makes women hanging wash on lines,there may be others, but basically like already stated, aluminium foil,cut wrinkled and painted works best,just use a sharp hobby knife,because foil tends to tear very easily. I've used the foil from kisses it seems thinner.

[CNJ831]

Earl Smallshaw cut his laundry out of aluminum foil, wrinkled it a bit, painted it, and hung it on a fine wire clothesline. His "socks" need a magnifier just to be seen! Any real cloth fabric would be far, far, too thick and stiff to represent clothing, bed sheets, etc. in HO scale.

CNJ831

[n2mopac]

I would think you could cut clothing shapes out of fine-weave material and make them look convincing, especially if they are not right on the front edge of the layout.

Ron

[nedthomas]

The old Weston figure line has a old lady with a wash line. Maybe you can find one somewhere.

[bsteel4065]

I think it's only Earl Smallshaw who has done this very successfully.
Does anyone know how to create HO washing hanging on a line?
Is it really just cut out small sheets and shirts and pants and glue 'em up or are there any subtle tips from anyone out there?
Thanks in adavnce. [^]