window shades and etc.

[G Paine]

Medina1128

Not currently in stock, but it IS on sale. Isn't that like "winds from the northeast at 0 mph"? Direction with no movement.

Walthers items typically go on sale for 2 months and oftem sell out before the sale is over

I use tan paper envelopes for window shades, and glue them to the back of window 'glass' with Micro Crystal Clear.

For curtains, use tissue paper - either white or colored..

Some examples of brown envelope curtains; note the torn curtain on the upper right window of the bagging plant below:

I used green paper napkins for curtains in the Shamrock Hotel

[Medina1128]

Ran into this on Walthers site:

"Small & Medium Width For Windows 1/4 to 3/8" Wide x 1-1/4" Tall - pkg(50)
Walthers Part # 195-710, p. 503 Walthers 2011 HO Scale Reference
HO scale, $6.98, not currently in stock at Walthers, Expected: 04-Mar-2011
This product is on-sale today for $6.39"

Not currently in stock, but it IS on sale. Isn't that like "winds from the northeast at 0 mph"? Direction with no movement.

[BRVRR]

Ted,

Some Smalltown kits come with 'windows' that are actually paper fillers with details that can be mounted in the window openings. They are a little rough, but with the addition of clear styrene a decent look can be achieved.

I make my own window shades with my PC. I print them on common copy paper, cut them out and them cement them to the inside of the structures to give the desired effect. I add a few Woodland Scenics dry transfer decals for additional detail

In some of my structures I have constructed window scenes appropriate to the business. Here's and example:

I made the window displays with styrene backing and clothes made from examples I found on the INTERNET. I printed the clothes on common paper, cut them out and mounted them with small dabs of latex wallpaper cement.

The window shades on the upper floor were made with the method described above.

Here is another example:

All of the window shades and the 'café curtains' were made on my computer. The signs in the windows are from Woodland Scenics.

It takes a little time to make and fit some of these items but they are cheap.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do. But a little imagination goes a long way.

[mobilman44]

Hi,

I got this idea from somewhere else (forgot where) and it works like a charm.    Use a grocery paper bag or brown craft paper and cut out the shades.  From outside the structure they look great.

Remember, you don't have to buy specialty items for everything you want.

[MisterBeasley]

City Classics makes sheets printed on clear plastic:

http://cityclassics.fwc-host.com/

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/195-710

This is a building I did with one of their kits and the window sheet designed specifically for it.

I'm working on a DPM kit (M.T. Arms Hotel) with a gazillion windows.  I've used a bunch of the City Classics generic window shades for this, and it's coming out very well.  Before cutting them up, I took the plastic sheet and scanned it in.  I use the resulting paper copies for windows that are not on the front face of the building, where they don't matter so much.

For the front of the building, particularly if you are going to light the interior, the shades printed on plastic really take your modeling up a notch.

Try this site for generic textures:  http://www.cgtextures.com/

Most of these are square samples, and many can be tiled together to produce larger images.  Most are viewed straight-on, so they don't need to be corrected for angular distortion.  I use a lot of them for interior walls and floors.

 

[CTValleyRR]

I assume that means you're looking for freebies....

Evan Design makes very nice window treatments / interior views, which come on a CD for about $30, IIRC.

There is a free textures web site here:  http://www.cgtextures.com/  Not sure if you'll find anything useful there, but there are a lot of files to look at.

[Tez]

I'm looking for good sites to download pictures of window shades and etc. and interiors to print out for in my HO buildings.

Thanks in advance

 

TED