Window Dressings

[schedule22]

Does anyone have links to n-scale window dressings. This could be printout for curtains, blinds, drapes, etc?

[MRLdave]

I have several sheets that came with various kits.........2 from Walthers and one from ConCor. All are a bit large for N scale, especially the ConCor one. I need to put it on the copier and do a reduction to make it usable. My guess is it's HO and they threw it into the N scale kit just to say they did something.....but at least it has some curtains. The Walthers ones are almost all blinds and the curtains are also too large. I'm not aware of any source on-line, but hopefully someone knows of one. I don't have mine in a file.......I just throw the originals on a copier (with reduction) whenever I need some. The copies are plenty good enough for N scale windows.

[Gary Rowan]

If you want to be adventurous, you could always google search for images. Don't just search for "windows" though, you'll get a lot of Microsloth "Windows" images. Search for something like "home exterior windows". Find the ones you like and download them. Resize, crop as necessary, then print. If you want to be really adventurous, grab your camera and tour the area you want to model.

[ChicagoNW]

It all depends on what you are looking for. There are photo-etched brass blinds, or some people use clear filament tape. It can be either vertical or horizontal. Manila folders and masking tape has been used for pull-down window shades.

As has been said several companies have been including prints of window treatments and advertising since the beginning of N scale.

If you have a drawing program, it’s not too hard to replicate curtains or drapes. The solid colored ones are just streaks of lighter and darker versions of the base color replicating the folds. N scale windows are usually too small to show off any type of patterned fabric.

There’s no reason that you couldn’t add 3D drapes to your windows. After all, it’s just a folded material attached by a window. You can use actual fabric, satin and silk have a super fine weave that looks OK for N scale. Many ribbons are just about the right size. But most modelers use colored paper. By doing a soft fold (no creases) you get the right effect.

Stores generally have large windows so this is where you can really play around. The display in the window can be 2D or 3D. For clothing stores the little plastic people that you buy by the pound make perfect manikins. It is painless to chop them up or paint them.

There are lots of details that you can put on display in other types of stores. ThreeD printing has created lots of different scenarios. Many production pieces can also be repurposed. It doesn’t take exacting detail to recreate many thing. Sometimes only paint on a rough shape will create the illusion. Flat images work well as you have a limited view.

As I’m a graphic designer by trade, when creating a business, I’ll take it way out. I will not only make the front sign but billboards and other signs. I have even experimented with creating interior bins, like these…

I imagine using them in DPM and similar buildings. The floors and walls are easy to trim to fit.

Because I work in Adobe Illustrator, which can enlarge and shrink the artwork to any size, you can order from the menu boards in the original artwork. Because of space constraints the JPEG file removes much of the details. The floor patterns are based on square-foot tiles. The wall tiles are either 6 or 3 inch squares.

You get 10 points if you know where this restaurant is at.

[Gary Rowan]

I know there's is (or was) and Adam's Ribs in Annapolis, MD... it's on my bucket list if I ever get up that way.

Alway's looking for good ribs

[Janbouli]

I just google what I want in the 1:1 scale and scale it down , curtains ,blinds , store windows, anything you want and Mister for you less then 10 dolla

[ChicagoNW]

I know there's is (or was) and Adam's Ribs in Annapolis, MD... it's on my bucket list if I ever get up that way.

Alway's looking for good ribs

I didn’t know there actually was one outside Chicago(there have been a couple, named after the episode), but with a catchy name like Adam’s Rib I can see that.

But here’s where it come from…
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0638244/

It has a railroad connection.
Dearborn Station was the origin point of the Santa Fe in Chicago plus a couple other railroads you might know…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dearborn_Station
Although its tough to read, one of the billboards gives the corner of Dearborn and LaSalle.

[donzi]

Gold Metal Models (GMM) has blinds.

Gold Medal Models - Venetian Blinds (goldmm.com)

[ChicagoNW]

Here’s an old NsN post, it might give you some ideas…
https://www.nscale.net/forums/showth...Window-Designs

[OTFan]

Depending on how well you're going to be able to see them, something as simple as craft paint on the back of whatever plastic you are using for window glass can work. This is just a dark green craft paint. I used individual pieces of plastic for each window, and painted the backs before using canopy glue to install the window glass. A lighter color would have shown up better. If you are lighting the interior you'd have to make sure it was a thick enough coat to prevent light bleeding through.

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