American flag and pole

You can print these out, any size you want, and make your own. A simple little project.

Of course if you want a modern flag, you may need to add a couple of stars.

if you do a internet search for lemax flag poles or dept 56 you should find something

how can a flag be out of scale?

Several years ago my wife was at a party supply store, and found a package of party decorations that was stars and flags. She picked them up thinking I could use the flags on the layout.  Here is a photo of one of the flags in use. 

It is just glued to the flag pole.

I have 3 flag poles available each comes with a 48 and 50 star flag. Please check this out at www.westportmodelworks.com  go to the 'model constructs' page

Les Lewis

I model Sunday, April 12, 1959.  Does anyone know a source of 49 star flags?

[just kidding] 

A flag and appropriate flagpole is a simple project. Using a little creativity and odds and ends and you can make them easily.

Flanger;

Very nice, I'll take 10.   Just kidding but I wouldn't mind if you had some for sale.

Very Nice, I like the detail of the flag waving!

Russell and Dennis, thank you for your good words.

Bob

Thanks to all that replies to my post.

Flanger your flag looks unbelievable.

...so this reply is a little late, but I was so impressed by Flanger's flag that I went and modified our own layout's flagpole.  It's now composed of a lionel flagpole (minus the base), part of a discarded model rocket body, kite string, and a printed waving flag.  Here's the final result (with some of the paint still drying):

-Dustin

Your layout is now ready for Monday! Veterans Day!

Flanger and Frizzinbee...   Care to share your techniques for getting the flags to look wind-blown?  Would appreciate the help!

KD

KD,

Sure thing.  I'm not sure how flanger did his, but I can give some more insight on the process I followed:

1) First, I went to google images and searched for "american flag waving" ...that will give you plenty of options to choose from

2) Next, I saved the image I wanted and pasted it into a powerpoint file (though I'd imagine a variety of programs would work for this purpose).

3) I then sized the flag to the desired scale, cropped away excess parts of the image to save printer ink (blue sky, pole, etc.), created a mirror image of the flag, and printed the flag & its mirror image on regular white paper.

4) I cut out both the flag and its mirror copy, then  glued to two halves together (using a thin layer of white glue spread with a Q-tip) to create a two-sided flag.  While gluing, I added paper loops or "tabs" where the groumets would be and used those to attach to the kite string on my flagpole.

5) Let dry in horizontal position, then done!

Hope that helps,

Dustin

I Google searched for american flag waving and printed it out as Dustin did his. Take the time to carefully cut it out neatly...that's the key.

Bob

Bob, Dustin...

You mean to tell me that your flags are strictly 2-dimensional...flat!...and my eye is being TOTALLY fooled in the photos????  I've been studying them again and again, and at least from the photo angle I'm definitely taken in. 

I was sure you guys were going to suggest something soaked, rumpled, creased, folded, spindled, 'mutilated' (nope, not our flag!), ...and left to dry before being hung on the pole. 

No??

Good grief, Charlie Brown!!!

Thanks, anyway!!

KD

Yup, flat as a pancake. It was a remarkably simple, and quick project on the spur of the moment sort of thing. I also chose not to make my flag double sided since where I stationed is only has one side visibility, you can save some time with that approach...you decide.

Bob