Textured plastic for making grills

[Steadfast]

Hi all,

 

I'm after suggestions for something along the lines of Evergreen 4031 clapboard, but with a smaller pitch please. Ideally I'd like 0.3 or 0.5mm spacing, the smallest Evergreen do is 0.75mm. This picture shows the two grills I'm trying to replicate, in N. 

 

Failing any smaller plastic, I might have to look to see if there's any models I can butcher or cast from.

 

Many thanks

 

Jo

[Paul H Vigor]

17 minutes ago, Steadfast said:

Hi all,

 

I'm after suggestions for something along the lines of Evergreen 4031 clapboard, but with a smaller pitch please. Ideally I'd like 0.3 or 0.5mm spacing, the smallest Evergreen do is 0.75mm. This picture shows the two grills I'm trying to replicate, in N. 

 

Failing any smaller plastic, I might have to look to see if there's any models I can butcher or cast from.

 

Many thanks

 

Jo

https://www.hobbysta.eu/aber-sv-05/ship-louvers-various-scale-1-selection-photo-etched-parts

 

Seems they may be acquired from overseas suppliers?

[Steadfast]

6 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said:

https://www.hobbysta.eu/aber-sv-05/ship-louvers-various-scale-1-selection-photo-etched-parts

 

Seems they may be acquired from overseas suppliers?

Interesting,  cheers. I hadn't thought of etches. A quick Google suggests £7.22 from a UK seller. Will have a measure of the model when I'm back home 

 

Jo

[87023Velocity]

Hi Jo,

 

I have used a cut down Shawplan 4mm class 37 nose etched grill to form the grill on ADB975422 (ex Lab 6). A full width grill is approx 7.5mm and could be cut to the correct height. I cut holes in the body to fit the grills rather than overlay.

 

 

Cheers

 

Simon

[KalKat]

I have "skrawked" louvrey type things in plasticard with sawblades before.

 

Typically the back end of razor saws (often the only bit that's still sharp) using a square and taking my time.

 

Emma

[PaulCheffus]

Hi

 

I have some Evergreen N car siding ref 2020 and as best as I can measure it’s 0.42mm pitch.

 

Cheers

 

Paul

[Steadfast]

Thanks for the thoughts all, food for thought. The razor saw idea did cross my mind, but can I find it on the desk of doom... no!

Simon, @87023Velocity, I have those 37 grills somewhere, I did the same on my 999508 with the narrow ones. Will have to dig them out of my etches box and see how the width looks.

 

Jo

[Dave John]

Another possibility would be Archers resin transfers. 

 

http://archertransfers.com/AR88057.html

 

I haven't tried their louvres, but I have found their rivets and so on to be useful.