Barbed wire anyone?

[HackSaw]

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.

[Greg H.]

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. 

 

[mikesmowers]

   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

[Anonymous]

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.  

 

[UP2CSX]

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.  

[Lillen]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[GAPPLEG]

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:

     http://www.gpp.fr

[wedudler]

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 

[Tracklayer]

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