gregh
electronics, computers and scratchbuilding
Maybe some members here will be interested in my simple way of make windows for buildings by printing them on clear plastic (remember overhead slide projectors?). These certainly aren't great detailed models but for lazy people like me….
20 years ago I made an engine shed from balsa – it had 16 large window, each with 18 panes and there was no way I was going to make all those windows from balsa or styrene. So I simple drew some black lines using MW word draw, got my local print shop to print them on clear plastic, and I had windows.
I repeated the process for my village Hall, using green this time. Here's the result
Long ago, in her pottery making days, my wife made a number of houses from clay. They are not perfect models, more caricatures. Nonetheless, they are a major part of the town of Lilyvale and have survived outside for 20 years..
These houses never had windows. For one (the blue one in this pic ) I made some from styrene, but being lazy I never got past doing the one.
So to finish them off I decided to use my old method but to get a bit more fancy and use actual pictures of windows. I searched the web for some pics - the problem is that most windows are white and white doesn’t print!
I produced a pdf and sent it off to my local print shop
Here's some of the results. They are just glued inside the window openings using my favourite Ultra Clear.
They really don't show up unless there is inside light and for these pics I had to light them from the rear.
20 years ago I made an engine shed from balsa – it had 16 large window, each with 18 panes and there was no way I was going to make all those windows from balsa or styrene. So I simple drew some black lines using MW word draw, got my local print shop to print them on clear plastic, and I had windows.
I repeated the process for my village Hall, using green this time. Here's the result
Long ago, in her pottery making days, my wife made a number of houses from clay. They are not perfect models, more caricatures. Nonetheless, they are a major part of the town of Lilyvale and have survived outside for 20 years..
These houses never had windows. For one (the blue one in this pic ) I made some from styrene, but being lazy I never got past doing the one.
So to finish them off I decided to use my old method but to get a bit more fancy and use actual pictures of windows. I searched the web for some pics - the problem is that most windows are white and white doesn’t print!
I produced a pdf and sent it off to my local print shop
Here's some of the results. They are just glued inside the window openings using my favourite Ultra Clear.
They really don't show up unless there is inside light and for these pics I had to light them from the rear.
