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I've seen bridge windows made from brass railings, and they seem to work well... but is the method below also viable for scratch building bridge windows?

- place thin plastic strips vertically against the lower wall, spaced to reflect the widow width.
- glue on the roof (or a horizontal strip to hold the vertical strips in place)
- cut off the excess plastic strips from the "inside" of the bridge

Thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions

Frank

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Frank, the main thing is keeping the windows in scale as much as you can. If your going to use plastic strip it'll have to be very fine. An alternative is to soak a piece of paper with CA superglue, the very watery type and leave to dry. then cut into thin strips. Alot of very fine parts can be scratch built using this method

Roy

roy allen wrote:Frank, the main thing is keeping the windows in scale as much as you can. If your going to use plastic strip it'll have to be very fine. An alternative is to soak a piece of paper with CA superglue, the very watery type and leave to dry. then cut into thin strips. Alot of very fine parts can be scratch built using this method

Roy

Thanks Roy. I tried your method a while ago, and it works great. I replaced the bridge windows on a Mirage 1/400 V-106 Torpedo Boat. I printed out the design, cut out the windows, glued it in place, then soaked the paper with CA and when that as dry, sanded and blended it in with the rest of the superstructure. It worked great, except for the cutting out of the windows, which was slow, tedious work. That's why I'm looking for a quicker (or easier) method.

Frank

Very simple technic, yes, it works for I have done some bridge exact like this.
Jimmy

HEY,how,re doin? I find this works for me.Depending on the scale I definitely do not use other than .010 sheet styrene fastened in place with TESTORS window maker and white glue.The reason I do is I like nice clear windows even in 1/350 scale! Now on the type you describe,I cut the hole and finish the edges then I put the window plastic on.AFTER it,s dry I then cut strips and using the windowmaker glue just a pinpoint on each end, put them in place.You will have nicely framed windows with a scale feel and look to them.If you are really fussy and want to put trim in the openings you can use EVERGREEN .010 strip and set it along the edges and ,VIOLA! you have moldings around each window and you can make mullions like this for steam era yachts and tugs too! I hope this helps you. commodore4