Windows and their backsides

[ManicMan]

when I'm doing buildings with glass windows, be they scratch built or lasercut (which is kinda scratch build) I like to use clear plastic sheeting which is from some old figure boxes and stuff where there is a thin but strong clear sheet. Reuse of such packing is good ^_^ you can by clear sheets for not to bad a price but when you can get the sheeting for free (with another purchase), it's even better..

If the window needs to be clear (or I want it to be, this works well. Just cut the rough shape and stick it on the inside of the building.

However, I'm doing a building where the inside is clearly visible (and accessible) so this method has a draw back. One way around it, is just to built up a bit of a frame on the inside. Fine, no problem.. but there are a couple of windows where this won't work. This is a modern day building where you have glass for the windows in a door.. can't stick a sheet of plastic on the inside cause you can see that. can't then build up a frame cause it's the inside of the door there.

I was wondering about trying to cut the plastic to size to fit into the holes but... this isn't amazing easy (though if it was, would it be worth doing?). So just wondering some peoples ideas on how they do such things if the need arises.

 

[Citizen Sade]

Looked into plasticard profile strip for this? U or H profile might be available in suitable sizes. If not, you might have to cut or file grooves in plain strip yourself.

FWIW, both our modern front and back door have glass panels in frames (housings). The front one has frosted glass which you could simulate with a blast of varnish pre-assembly.

 

[Fimm McCool]

I'd be inclined to cut a paper frame for the inside, or even use thin masking tape or just paint/draw onto the plastic. It may be visible, but are you ever going to get as close as to the outside? A representation may be enough to fool the eye.

 

[The Serene Badger]

Could you make the door frame out of two identical thin pieces and sandwich the plastic glass between them, with the plastic being larger than the hole? Might be easier than trying to exactly cut the plastic to fit the hole?

 

[ManicMan]

sorry for not replier earlier.

I could try to make a inside frame though in some bits I'm not sure.. though it's not like this is gonna be perfect anyway ^_^ I did wonder about a clear resin pour but I'm really not too keen on that due to the amount that could go wrong, even if the pour goes right.

for some reason, I didn't think of a thin bit of card or paper or something