Guys need help in finding window dressings for era 1950-1970
NickyB
What type of things are you looking for, business signs (lawyers offices), store front window signs (sale/1/2 off), curtins and blinds.
City Classics have a number of such things. Others in Walthers catalog probably do to.
Good luck,
Richard
Or, if you're just looking for "curtains", I glue small strips of wrapping paper on the insides of the windows, covering about 1/4 of the panes from each side. You can cat fancy and cut valances for the tops of your windows, too.
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I've used the City Classics ones in lots of buildings. This one uses a sheet specifically designed for this building, so everything is just the right size:
They also make generic Venetian blinds and pull-down shades in different lengths and widths. This is a shot from the inside of one room of a DPM kit with City Classics blinds.
Yeah, I overdo it sometimes with interiors. Who's really going to notice the wood floor visible around the edges of the Persian rug? Or the "Dogs Playing Poker" picture on the wall? They'll be too busy with the Velvet Elvis on the other side. Cheesy hotel art, modeled even cheesier.
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Google images is a great source of photos for things like curtains. On-line discount window treatment retailers. Copy and paste images, re-size in a basic image program, print out and glue to the inside of your windows. Here is a wall from a partially constructed building so treated
Is that the kind of thing you had in mind?
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I also have some blinds on the office windows of some of my structures. I just Googled "window blinds" , found a bunch of immages, copied and pasted them onto a word documant, then downsized them to HO scale to fit my windows, printed them out, cut them out and glued them to the backs of my windows - - a great effect!. I'm sure you can do this with curtains and just about any other window dressing you can think of.
Another option, particularly if you want lettering on windows, is to make your own decals on clear decal paper and apply them to the windows.
You don't even have to use decal paper. If you can still get the clear acetates used on over head projectors and you get types that are compatible with the printer you own, you can print and cutout to place behind your glazing, or even in place of the glazing.
LION just used some snips of cloth from a pair of old pajamas.
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I use ivory/off-white ribbon with a ribbed texture for both buildings and passenger cars. Simulates venetian blinds nicely. The illusion works fine and can be combined with other suggestions mentioned in posts above. Ribbon can also be used for side curtains but would need to be smooth and cut lenght-wise rather than across like to ribbed type.
Mike
I like that ribbon idea Mike. Off to poke around the "better-half's" stash without arousing too many suspicions.
I have a number of old Model Power house kits. They came with printed sheets of window curtains. There were multiple sets in different colors, I guess to satisfy the inner Martha Stewart in all of us. Before I put them in, I scanned the sheet, so I can print out any number of them. These are all kind of "old lady" curtains, though, not exactly what you'd see in a modern business structure.
Another option is simple tissue paper. It's cheap, and it's translucent so it kind of glows when you illuminate the building from the inside.
Whatever you decided to use, though, pick up a container of Canopy Cement at your hobby shop. This is a hobby adhesive that dries clear, although it goes on milky-white so you can see what you're doing with it. It won't "craze" common window glazing materials, and a little extra on the window is almost unnoticeable.
I use old business cards, construction paper, and other scraps I find lying about for Venetian blinds. Cut them oversize and apply with some white glue.
Remember, unless you're modeling an open interior space like Mister Beasley's pool hall, that neatness doesn't count on the inside of the wall for attaching your window treatments. Nobody can see the wall's inside face.
Jim
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not to dogging your work but those have to be the biggest pole sticks i've ever seen.......lol