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GazzaS
PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:58 pm 
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Hi everyone,
After a long delay I'm once again starting on my 1/350 scale Grosser Kurfurst. I've purchased my first Artwox deck, ever. I notice it has some PE parts, most notably the coal chute covers... or whatever they are called. There are some other small deck stuctures I'd like to replace. Some are simple shapes I can whittle from sprue or build up from sheet. But the skylights need a little more work and I'm coming up with no ideas.

Has anyone ever made some and have a method, or material ideas to share?

Thanks for your thoughts!

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What kind of skylights, they come in various forms ...

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 5:00 am 
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wefalck wrote:
What kind of skylights, they come in various forms ...


The kind with little square windows that are aft of Dora turret.

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With lids or without ? An image would help.

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A section of ladder or window frame PE, usually from a larger scale, sometimes works.
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I build in 1/700, but skylights should be pretty straight forward in 350 as well. I’ll typically make them from styrene strips, making a peaked “tent” an inch or so long, adding a base when the tent is dry then cutting to length and then adding square or rectangular openings from styrene stock.

Generic covers may be available in 350. I have some in 700 from Starling Models which I like.

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A couple more in 1/700 from Evergreen strips. Like any other scratch build parts, sometimes good to make some extras and use the best ones.

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drasticplastic wrote:
A section of ladder or window frame PE, usually from a larger scale, sometimes works.
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Thank you, that is a great idea.

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reigels wrote:
I build in 1/700, but skylights should be pretty straight forward in 350 as well. I’ll typically make them from styrene strips, making a peaked “tent” an inch or so long, adding a base when the tent is dry then cutting to length and then adding square or rectangular openings from styrene stock.

Generic covers may be available in 350. I have some in 700 from Starling Models which I like.



Thank you!

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