Redgate's Modelling

Beautiful and neat work. Those lugage racks are quite something. I must resist the urge to go 7mm :-)

Compliments indeed from a top modeller The racks are VERY fiddly even in 7mm, Kenton won't approve but I superglued them together though!

 

Still on the lookout for some fine mesh for the netting

About mesh, I was looking for something simlar a while ago, although I haven't actually bought any yet. I read on the P4 society webpage that Eduard meshes are some of the finest you can get.

 

I haven't seen them but there are some photos here: http://www.eduard.com/store/Eduard/Mesh-gauze-Hexagonal.html?listtype=search&searchparam=mesh

 

There is a UK supplier here:

http://www.scalelink.co.uk/acatalog/Meshes___Mailles.html

 

I can't work out the mesh sizes exactly though.

 

Scalelink have some but they are expensive and I think 0.75mm might be too large even for 7mm?

http://www.scalelink.co.uk/acatalog/Meshes___Mailles.html

hmmmm

 

I recon I need about a 0.5mm mesh/netting

 

I'll keep my eyes open on my travels

How about using something totally different like stockings or bandage.

If they have the right size you can try to make them stiff and give them the right color.

I don't know of what material they were made in GWR coaches but in the Netherlands those old coaches had luggage racks from textile materials (rope?)

I've ordered some insect netting from Amazon, lets see how it looks

Looking forward to see the result of this effort.