Gentlemen,
I am wondering if there is a site that sells replica "glass" for a couple of mini-art buildings that I am currently building. Do they come in small sheets,individual, pieces? Or is there a way to make your own?
Any help would be great!
Cheers all

-Ziggy

I use clear styrene and cut to size and shape as needed.

Chris
I've used acetate,very thin and you can buy it at any office supply,easy to cut to size.

Mike

what are the actual sizes of the opennings? if they are less than about 1/2" you can try filling them with this stuff

Ditto

Great idea! I'm gonna have to try that

Ziggy I have used several of the above mentioned methods as well, and also clear acrylic sheets and all of them have their merits. Currently I am using a rippled sheet used for all scales by train enthusiasts to recreate moving water so the point is use whatever works for your particular need.

Dave

Bill Cross in his awesome tram dio used microscope glass slides for broken glass. A great idea that I am going to "borrow".

I also use clear styrene.All of it I get from packaging of things I need to buy,so for modelling it's free.The best source is kids toys.Most of them are packaged in 50% styrene.

Tom

Plastic works for me as well. Here is 10thou clear plastic cut to shape in the windows.

I have been using both microscope slides, and the very much thinner and more realistic microscope slide cover slips. They break amazingly easy, but not always as you might want. I think they look best when shattered and scattered on the ground under broken window frames.

The very cheap alternative I use to glass has been overhead projector sheets - a box of 50 used to be like 4 or 5 dollars. Although I wonder if they are even available anymore now technology has changed???

The other very cheap option has been when I purchased a boxed product that had a plastic window built in so I can see whats inside - cut that window out and keep the plastic for when you need to make windows!

Hope these ideas help.

Adam

A word of caution about the slip covers. They are much thinner than the slides, which make them a good scale thickness, but when they break they are as sharp as razor blades, and you cannot always see small broken pieces. But they do look damned good!

You can the effect of microscope slides as broken glass here. The glass has been oversprayed with flat to replicate dust, but could just as easily have been left clear.

For glass in building window frames I use the clear plastic bags that the sprues come in. I can make either full unbroken sheets, or cut with a pair of good scissors to make broken glass. They cut to any shape or size, and if I mess one up, it doesn't cost me anything. And I have never cut myself on it yet


Gary

thank you all for your ideas! I will try them all!
cheers,
ziggy