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Carbody Window Screens
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chapbob@...
Does anyone have a favorite product to recommend for HO scale window screens
as found on cabooses, camp cars, etc.? What I'm looking for is a fine mesh, but not so fine as to totally hide the window behind it. Thanks! Bob Chapman **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) |
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Ed Walters <eddie_walters@...>
Bruce Smith suggested screen printing screen to me (it is available
in some very fine meshes). Ed --- In STMFC@..., chapbob@... wrote: window screens as found on cabooses, camp cars, etc.?hide the window behind it.and favorite sites in one place. Try it now.dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)
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Schuyler Larrabee
In today's modeling world, there may be better options, but . . . I have made screens and grills
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using silk screen screening (SSS). SSS is available in a large variety of mesh sizes and also a variety of thread sizes. I cannot remember where I got this stuff, and a half yard of it will supply you forever. I made the grills and screens by making a frame of styrene, fastening (tape) down a small piece of the screen (much larger than the grill(s) but small compared to the overall supply, maybe 4" x 4". I taped it to a hard-face cardboard, like some Strathmore or something. I think I used the inside of a Twinings teabag box. then put the styrene frame down on the screen with some weight on it, not a lot, just enough to press it down flat, and then flooded the surface with liquid cement, and then left it alone for a day. This softens the face of the frame and the weight pushes it down into the screen and tight to the face of the cardboard. After it was dry, I lifted it from the cardboard (the first time I did this was not hard faced board and that was a challenge). I then guillotined the screen from the edges of the frame. Like I said, there may be better techniques now . . . SGL -----Original Message----- |
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Gene Green <bierglaeser@...>
I have had good luck with black panty hose although I'm sure that
some of the cheaper brands are actually a little coarse for our purposes. Gene Green --- In STMFC@..., chapbob@... wrote: window screens as found on cabooses, camp cars, etc.?hide the window behind it.and favorite sites in one place. Try it now.dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) |
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Walter M. Clark
Bob,
Check out http://www.smallparts.com/ and look at filters. They have an enormous assortment of filters, and you should be able to find something that would work. Time stopped in November 1941 Walter M. Clark Pullman, Washington, USA --- In STMFC@..., chapbob@... wrote: screens as found on cabooses, camp cars, etc.?hide the window behind it.(http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) |
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Andy Sperandeo <asperandeo@...>
Hi Bob,
This is a subject of great interest to me, as all Santa Fe way cars (cabooses) have window screens, and often screen doors too. The product I really like is a fine mesh (nylon or some other synthetic) sold by American Models Builders in its Laserkit line. Kit no. 341 includes sash and door frames to fit the Athearn Santa Fe caboose. Laserkit has other screen window and door kits using the same material, but I don't know if it sells the mesh separately. Sunshine Models has included the same or a similar material in some of its kits, so it must be available somewhere else. So long, Andy Andy Sperandeo Executive Editor Model Railroader magazine asperandeo@... 262-796-8776, ext. 461 FAX 262-796-1142 |
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jerryglow2
I used clear plastic and sanded it lightly at a 90 degree angle for
my caboose. see: <http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/MP_shortBW.jpg> The model is too new for this forum but the method is valid. I had to use something VERY thin to look like they were in the sliding tracks which I did with decal stripes Jerry Glow --- In STMFC@..., Andy Sperandeo <asperandeo@...> wrote: (cabooses) have window screens, and often screen doors too. The product I really like is a fine mesh (nylon or some other synthetic) sold by American Models Builders in its Laserkit line. Kit no. 341 includes sash and door frames to fit the Athearn Santa Fe caboose. Laserkit has other screen window and door kits using the same material, but I don't know if it sells the mesh separately. Sunshine Models has included the same or a similar material in some of its kits, so it must be available somewhere else.
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Mark
Looks good Jerry. I remember when those rolled through Crestline, Ohio.
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Mark Morgan --- On Mon, 12/8/08, jerryglow2 <jerryglow@...> wrote:
From: jerryglow2 <jerryglow@...> Subject: [STMFC] Re: Carbody Window Screens To: STMFC@... Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 11:20 AM I used clear plastic and sanded it lightly at a 90 degree angle for my caboose. see: <http://home. comcast.net/ ~jerryglow/ MP_shortBW. jpg> The model is too new for this forum but the method is valid. I had to use something VERY thin to look like they were in the sliding tracks which I did with decal stripes Jerry Glow --- In STMFC@yahoogroups. com, Andy Sperandeo <asperandeo@ ...> wrote: Hi Bob, This is a subject of great interest to me, as all Santa Fe way cars(cabooses) have window screens, and often screen doors too. The product I really like is a fine mesh (nylon or some other synthetic) sold by American Models Builders in its Laserkit line. Kit no. 341 includes sash and door frames to fit the Athearn Santa Fe caboose. Laserkit has other screen window and door kits using the same material, but I don't know if it sells the mesh separately. Sunshine Models has included the same or a similar material in some of its kits, so it must be available somewhere else. So long, Andy |
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lnnrr <lnnrr@...>
-Bob, I can't recall who recommended it to me, but I've been
experimenting with a easily available material. Lipton teabags. Not the regular paper, but their premium line which comes in little mesh bags. I've used an india ink/alcohol wash to tint it a little gray but it retains a bit of shine. OK for new screen I guess. Haven't tried making it rusty yet. Project isn't yet to the stage of dull coat and now I'm not sure if I'll mask it off before risking it getting filled with dull coat. If you try it, please let us know how you fare. Regards, Chuck Peck -- In STMFC@..., chapbob@... wrote: window screens as found on cabooses, camp cars, etc.?hide the window behind it.and favorite sites in one place. Try it now.dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)
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Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...>
I took some clear styrene .005"-.010" sheet, and scratched the face
of it once in a straight line with 220- or 400-grit sandpaper. I scratched it again at a right angle from the previous scratching. Then I applied a thin wash of Tamiya (any model acrylic paint would work) flat black paint, rubbing off the excess with a facial tissue. The result is a very dirty looking HO-scale screen. Steve Lucas. --- In STMFC@..., "lnnrr" <lnnrr@...> wrote: totally hide thewindow behind it.and |
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Andy Sperandeo <asperandeo@...>
After seeing Jerry's nice MP compact-body caboose, I posted a photo of one of my Santa Fe way cars with the Laserkit screens. It's in the Files section of the STMFC site on Yahoo, in a folder called "Andy S freight cars." In this case I colored the mesh with a black marking pen, but I've also used a brown marker for more of a copper color. For another approach to window screens, see my article on detailing ATSF way cars in the September '91 MR. I now prefer the Laserkit screens, but I haven't replaced those old ones.
Merry Christmas, Andy Andy Sperandeo Executive Editor Model Railroader magazine asperandeo@... 262-796-8776, ext. 461 FAX 262-796-1142 |
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Mike Fortney
AMB Laserkit currently does not offer their superb screen material
separately but perhaps a few email requests to Production Manager Dave at laserkit@... might loosen them up a tad. Mike Fortney --- In STMFC@..., Andy Sperandeo <asperandeo@...> wrote: of one of my Santa Fe way cars with the Laserkit screens. It's in the Files section of the STMFC site on Yahoo, in a folder called "Andy S freight cars." In this case I colored the mesh with a black marking pen, but I've also used a brown marker for more of a copper color. For another approach to window screens, see my article on detailing ATSF way cars in the September '91 MR. I now prefer the Laserkit screens, but I haven't replaced those old ones.
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