I will be making some skyscrapers out of card-stock and poster board for my Big Apple replica. What are ways of making numerous window cutouts in poster board? What size should the window cutouts be?
I have been making photo copies of windows and gluing them into place up until now, but this practice is too cumbersome for making several skyscrapers.
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Bobby:
I have not worked with foam board so am not sure if you can 'butt' glue sheets together. If yes then I have found the best way to make walls for buildings with lots of windows that need to line up pretty much perfectly is to use a technique I refer to as cookie cutter. the wall is made in sections of vertical and horizontal pieces. Use a spacer that is the size of the windows to glue the section together. Be sure to reinforce the inside. Once done a brick sheet overlay hides all seams.
The building wall below is two 80 mil styrene sheet thick for support.
Bobby,
I use horizontal and vertical strips of construction paper, cardstock or styrene over a plexiglas core. No cutting of window openings is necessary that way.
Usually I use thin construction paper for the horizontals and then thicker (1/16") cardstock for the verticals.
Goop (from Home depot) or some other contact adhesive works best.
I did an article on the method for OGR in Run 228, the April/May 2008 issue.
Jim
Joe, Jim,
Thanks for your replies. I will give both techniques a try.
Jim,
fantastic! How do you cut the clear sheets?
Brad,
The plexiglas/acrylic can be cut the standard way by scoring and snapping. But, clean cuts weren't necessary since they would be covered by corner strips, so I sometimes just used the table saw with the regular blade. Worked fine if I took my time and cut slowly.
Jim
Jim Policastro posted:Bobby,
I use horizontal and vertical strips of construction paper, cardstock or styrene over a plexiglas core. No cutting of window openings is necessary that way.
Usually I use thin construction paper for the horizontals and then thicker (1/16") cardstock for the verticals.
Goop (from Home depot) or some other contact adhesive works best.
I did an article on the method for OGR in Run 228, the April/May 2008 issue.
Jim
Jim is one creative guy. His ideas cease to amaze me. I've seen photos of his layout many times and never would have guessed that's how those buildings were made.
Mike
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