Acetate Windows

Either will be fine.  Are you planning to light the building?  If not you may want to purchase material that will not allow people to see that there is nothing inside.

It's all a personal preference, what works best for installation, what looks best when done.

For me, a thicker acetate is preferred.  The thinner stocks (.003/.005) are too flimsy to work with, sometimes end up a bit 'wrinkled' or wavy on larger windows/panes for my liking.

Evergreen makes a clear styrene in .010 (9006) and .015 (9007) thickness.  Either of those is preferable to moi.  Unfortunately, Evergreen has been going through some change of ownership, or some such disruption, and the clear sheets (esp. 9007) have been out-of-stock for a bit.  They'll be back, though.  Of course, there are other purveyors of sheet styrene/acetate, too.

FWIW, always...

KD

Agreed......,010 or .015 styrene is perfect. Plastruct has it in stock, sheets are bigger than evergreen and the folks at Plastruct are great to work with....give them a call.

I use the clear plastic top from bakery goods.  Plus, I like the food. 

Cheap, have lots of it, and works for me.  Just a thought.

I use frosted plastic milk jugs.

Steve

Agreed.  If I'm not using real glass (cover slip glass).

My big complaint with acetate is you can't use solvent cements with it. You have to use CA or canopy cement which is PVA. Styrene glues nicely into styrene frames with just a touch of solvent. If you using wood or paper frames then either works equally as well since you can't use solvent cements.

When I make buildings, whether kits or scratch, I use only the plastic sheets intended for transparencies back in the overhead projector days: the (Amazon, etc.) still sell that stuff.  It is clear, easy to work with, roughly scale thickness, and easy to work with. That is all I use now.

For clear windows I prefer heavier material in the .010" range.

For opaque windows I bought a sheet of mylar at a drafting supply store. It does require CA.

I too use blank transparency paper for clear windows and picked some up at Office Depot last week for 50 cents per single sheet. They sell it behind the counter at the copy center area, just ask. Works well & cheap. They also carry vellum paper for translucent windows. 

Whatever you decide to do, good luck. Sounds like a fun project. 

Copter

Me, too.   Another advantage is that transparency paper can be run through an ink-jet printer, allowing one to print on muntins, signage and other details.

I used to use the clear plastic sheets from Evergreen, but have started to keep a stash of clear plastic packaging material from various products we purchase. Seems to resist scratching more than the thin sheet stuff too.

Thank-you, everyone, for your suggestions. I guess I had no idea there were so many ways to make windows. I was looking through a desk drawer and found a package of inkjet transparencies, so I'll start with that. I kind of like the idea of printing on them if you want to. I'll also get a sheet or two of vellum paper at the local office supply and try it. My wife saved me a milk container...that goes in my collection to try also.

Just in passing I'd like to say that I belong to several other forums that focus on my musical and gardening interests. Not a single one of them is as helpful and congenial as this forum. We have much to be proud of.

George (G3)

Where do you get the glass slip covers?  All the ones I can find are plastic.

Gene Anstine

They're not too hard to find. You might start here cover slips

Scotie

We (LHS) sell them...they're part of our Science section...it's an item used with microscope slides....very thin clear glass rectangles to cover a specimen on a glass slide.

But, depending on your area, your LHS or establishment that serves science departments locally will surely have them.

Or on-line.....as usual.

KD

I've used "foam safe CA" with great results...no fog!

I have .010 and .015 and like it...also have come oddball .008 that's colored{smoke red or green tinted}.

If your not wanting to easily see inside give the pane a spray of flat clear and that will frost it.

Cut with a diamond scribe - a few steady passes and the glass will separate on its own.

Breakage - sure! It's really thin glass, but you can make a nice broken glass window with it that looks just like........broken glass!