A couple of years back, I thought I remembered hearing someone had made a fluid that could be used somehow to creat windows- not sure exactly how, but I would guess it was pretty viscous and you sort of "painted" it into an open frame. Never tried it, but now have an application it might work for, and wanted to see if anyone else knew of it, tried it, etc. I'm building a car with just a few small windows, and would greatly prefer to build, paint, decal and finish it as a single piece before adding windows.
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I have used an adhesive called Canopy Cement to create windows. It work great for gluing acetate sheet material inside structures to create windows, but I have another use. When I have a structure with a lot of those 4x5 pane windows, like a factory or warehouse, I paint the entire inside of the window frame with Canopy cement and let it dry. It goes on white but sets clear.
I like it for large buildings because I end up with curved "bullet" glass which allows light through but you can't focus on anything behind it. It's perfect for a large illuminated building if you don't feel Ike providing an interior.
For autos, I suppose it could work the same way.
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Hi MidlandPacific,
There are a couple of products that can be used to make small windows. As MisterBeasley mentioned, Canopy Cement is one of them.
All the products have the same charactaristics in that they do not form a flat piece of 'glass'. As MB suggested, the panes are thicker at the edges and thin in the center. That means that you cannot see through them clearly. If you are not doing interior details that effect may be desirable.
Personally I do not like the 'fish eye' appearance. Generally I do not glaze my smaller windows unless they come with glazing like Tichy does. American Model Builders makes very accurate glazing kits for specific cars and locomotives. Their stuff looks very realistic.
Cheers!!
Dave
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Windows turn out concave but works ok IMO.
MisterBeasleyI have used an adhesive called Canopy Cement to create windows.
This works great for me too.
-Kevin
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Thanks for the help, everyone!
Testors Clear Parts Cement is another one.
Henry
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Shenandoah Valley