Window glass

[Hermies]

Trying to figure out
1. How to make small pains of glass with slight curves.
2. Very large curved glass 200 mm wide by 75mm rathe like a leaf.

Of course using existing products

But now trying to go a bit further.

Cannons I make 1 and cast metal. Even foiled. Plastic
Masts build as original… not single chunk.

Trying to make jigs to speed up build to make your own tools like sander to circular saws…

But window glass ….
Noticed on many models too … it looks modern.

3. Anyone knows how glass was made in 17 / 18 th century as well as candle ️ protective?

 

[Y.T.]

For imitating glass I used natural mica. Looks beautiful as a miniature glass. I also do not see why some transparent plastics cannot be used.

 

[Jim D]

I use Glue n' Glaze, it is a liquid plastic film-forming polymer which bonds most plastics and dries to crystal clear film. Looks like white wood glue when liquid.

 

[Hermies]

Thank you
I will try

 

[AllanKP69]

I use Glue n' Glaze,

Hi Jim
I have used similar material in the past and even used Elmers white PVA that is slightly diluted with success. What is the largest opening you have had that worked well with this product? I have had limited success if the openings are more than about 5mm. For large scales none of them worked as well as for the smaller scales, for me at least, so I have been using using mica or scrap plastic from things we have gotten at the store that uses blister packaging. I did try very thin microscope cover glass, but I had a very difficult time scoring it and getting it to break cleanly.
Allan

 

[Hermies]

Hello
I have used green pen (all round) on plastic to give a more realistic look.
So far I’m using Varnish on Pre printed image.
Also experimenting with micro slide glass (obviously easy to break).

There must be a way?

 

[seadeep]

Hello
I have used green pen (all round) on plastic to give a more realistic look.
So far I’m using Varnish on Pre printed image.
Also experimenting with micro slide glass (obviously easy to break).

There must be a way?

With microscope slide cover glass, you need a fine diamond tipped scribing tool (like a pen). I very lightly score the glass, with it sitting on a perfectly flat cutting mat and the use of a cork bottomed metal ruler as my straightedge. I then sandwich the glass between two thicker slabs of plastic, exposing the edge to be broken off, and using flat blade (non-serrated) forceps, grip the edge to be removed and give it a slight twist. Not perfect, but it works about 80% of the time. As noted, slide cover glass is very, very thin... and though flexible, also tends to be very fragile. I think it's the flexible aspect that makes it really hard to cut without breaking it into shards.

The scribers can be horrendously expensive, if you purchase the professional versions. I've had pretty decent results using something like this: Scribing Tool I purchased mine so many years ago, I honestly can't remember where I got it from... but it's similar to the one I found on Amazon.

 

[AllanKP69]

Anyone knows how glass was made in 17 / 18 th century as well as candle ️ protective?

A quick search on the internet turned up a number of hits and they all gave very similar descriptions. The process involved the creation of a lengthy balloon of glass that was blown then both ends of this balloon would be removed, leaving behind a cylinder. This cylinder of glass was then split and flattened.

 

[Thomas]

All of the comments above are good workable ideas and the easiest and cheapest probably is PVA glue. My understanding is that (hard to get a clear date from research sources) is that ships from the 1600s and earlier often had horn windows instead of glass, so they would have been more translucent than transparent.

One easy solution I've used is thin plastic office folders. They come in colours and there is a frosted one and a yellow one. I've used both for window glass and I think the results are good. Here is a pic of windows made using yellow plastic.

 

[suspend6]

Trying to figure out
1. How to make small pains of glass with slight curves.
2. Very large curved glass 200 mm wide by 75mm rathe like a leaf.

Of course using existing products

But now trying to go a bit further.

Cannons I make 1 and cast metal. Even foiled. Plastic
Masts build as original… not single chunk.

Trying to make jigs to speed up build to make your own tools like sander to circular saws…

But window glass ….
Noticed on many models too … it looks modern.

3. Anyone knows how glass was made in 17 / 18 th century as well as candle ️ protective?

Send a private message to Chestcutter. He has come across a product which aids significantly in treating plastic to look like glass.