Re: Murphy Wins again! Can't destroy plastic surface with glue. --- Update and Renewal of Basic Question
- From: "Frank A. Rosenbaum" <farosenbaum1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:24:41 -0500
I have used old wallpaper pattern book samples as carpeting in HO scale. You
might go to your local wallpaper/hardware/home depot/lowes and see if they
have any discontinued books that you can have.
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"Norm Dresner" <ndrez@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Or use the flocking that model car builders use for carpets and
upholstery.
Yeah -- I've been hold that in reserve because, while it's a spectacular
effect in 1/24 scale cars I thought it would be too much in a 1/48 scale
railroad car. But I had previously only used the bright colors before
(white, red, blue, etc). When I went to the local Hobbyworld this weekend
I found both a deep brown and a dark green that would look too
conservative in a car model but would probably be perfect to simulate
solid color cloth seats in the 1/48 passenger car.
I've still got the Scotch Plastic tape in a medium brown that from a
distance of about a foot [a reasonable viewing distance] looks for all the
world like leather. Ideally I'd like to deepen the color a little and
remove some of the gloss [I think acetone did that and I'll try it again].
Maybe a flat spray or clear flat dope would help for that. That covers
brown leather. I need to drive ~20 miles to the one hardware store in the
area that carries this to see if they have black or any other suitable
color. [I have white which looks lovely in 1/24 cars but would be out
totally of place in a 1890's passenger car!]
Back to the original question. Brocade, tufted, and print fabrics.
Some reference pictures:
There are really great pictures at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Company and
http://www.eliillinois.org/30108_87/main/12.I.i.jpg
Also in the following books (Note: TSC = Train Shed Cyclopedia)
TSC#39 -- Chapter XXI & Chapter XXII
TSC #55 -- p18 & p27
TSC#59 -- p210
"Some Classic Trains" by Arthur Dubin -- p79, p89, p129
SO ... the question remains: How to simulate highly decorated and/or
deeply sculpted fabric coverings?
Practical Note: I may decide to take the easy route and stick with the
leather and plush that I already know how to do, but the better fabrics
would look so much more spectacular in a model that I'm not going to drop
the search yet. I'll appreciate all the help I can get.
Thanks
Norm
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