my mom is a med tech and she works with blood and all this stuff. well i always get her to 'borrow' things from work for me. well anyway she had a great idea. she brought me home a couple of slides and slide covers. the slide covers are very thin and made of glass. they work perfectly. as do the slides. it's just hard to cut them to size. :-)

I have a box of slide covers, too. I find that you can use them best as broken panes. Lay one on your cutting mat between some paper towel. Gently tap with the end of you hobby knife. Keep checking until you get the desired effect. Glue the broken pane into your window opening.

This is a great technique. I've used it before and it looks good. You need to be careful as that THIN glass will cut like a razor and be selective regarding what pieces work.

Jim/ Jaster

That certainly sounds like an excellent item to add to the diorama material box. I've used those super thin sheets of clear aceotate that used to be used as document covers