Opaque window material

[Brixham]

I have been titivating a used coach I recently bought off this forum....missing wheel pickups...missing passengers ( obvious glue marks on the seats )...and sorting out the coach lighting.
One thing mising was the toilet window opaque glazing....the outer glazing is present, a passenger going about his 'business' would be clearly visible

Casting around for suitable material, whilst making tea it came to me..the plastic used in milk cartons. I used a 2 litre M&S carton ( other cartons are available ), suitably cut to size, and held in place with adhesive tape.

See the before and after pictures.

I'm flushed with success!

 

[Brixham]

I should have added, that the plastic material is translucent..sufficient that the lighting will be visible outside the coach.

Malcolm

 

[steve parberry]

Simple but effective tip have 5 shineys

 

[bobg]

I needed similar for my station booking hall toilets. I found a couple of ways of 'frosting' the std acetate sheet but the most effective was sand blasting with a Humbrol sand blast gun. I've had it in stock for about 25years I knew it would come in useful one day.

 

[funandtrains]

If I remember from my teenage model building days, if you rub with Brasso and rag it turns the clear plastic obscured.

 

[Brixham]

I've mocked up a night shot.....
In reality, the translucentness of a high quality M&S milk carton is insufficient, I'll have to find a thinner or less opaque material.....
The picture shows just how well the toilet compartment is obscured ( dark room...no flash )

Malcolm

 

[KeithT]

Some UK mainline stock (ex-LNER?) used to have a clear oval in the middle of the obscured window so that whilst "occupied" you could see that you had just missed your station. :crying:
It probably accounted for the skid marks in the corridors......

 

[alec dawe]

That reminds me of a question about Concord. Why did it have frosted glass in the toilet windows? Who the hell was going to look in at 50,000 feet?

 

[dragon]

That reminds me of a question about Concord. Why did it have frosted glass in the toilet windows? Who the hell was going to look in at 50,000 feet?

Some of us are a bit taller than Mike.

 

[pugwash]

That reminds me of a question about Concord. Why did it have frosted glass in the toilet windows? Who the hell was going to look in at 50,000 feet?

God.

Same with the train really, who the hell can run that fast?

 

[Martino]

'That reminds me of a question about Concord. Why did it have frosted glass in the toilet windows? Who the hell was going to look in at 50,000 feet?'

Little green men?

 

[Martino]

Actually, I'm pretty sure there was no window in Concorde loos, indeed there aren't windows in any aircraft toilets.....

 

[Brixham]

After I logged off from GSC, and turned the pc off...I realised I had taken a picture of the wrong coach....with LGB fitted opaque toilet windows!!!!!

So here's the right picture...with the M&S milk carton opaque sheet taped inside the clear window glazing. It's a bit less opaque than the LGB supplied one, but perfectly fine.

I won't be making a small oval peep hole for punters to check where they've stopped. I do remember the view holes..even on BR Mk1's and 2's?

Malcolm