1:24 VIP Style Window Curtains

Window curtains in the VIP style, 1:24 scale

A small accessory for the inside of a model, not a kit of the vehicle. Curtains in the side windows are among the recognition marks of the Japanese style of modifying large luxury sedans, which is called VIP. On a model they come across discreetly, but they immediately give away what style of build it is. The set is intended for 1:24 scale, that is for the most common format of automobile models. Neither the material of the parts nor their number is documented here.

When to reach for this accessory

• you are building a sedan in the Japanese style of modification and want the typical detail
• the interior of the model is plain and needs something to catch the eye
• you want to cover a less successful rear part of the cabin
• you are preparing a scene with a parked vehicle, where the windows are on show

How to seat them

Try the placement before you glaze the windows, because once the clear parts are glued in you will no longer get inside. Choose a muted color; an overdone shade turns a small detail into a disturbing element. Glue in spots and with a minimum of glue so that the excess does not get onto the glass, where it would stay permanently visible. Before seating them, think over which window you want to leave free so that the inside stays visible.

Who the accessory suits

Modelers who build modified sedans and go after the details an ordinary kit does not offer. It is a small thing, but it is precisely such elements that set an exhibited model apart from a hundred identical ones. It works well in combination with further modifications to the cabin, because a curtain on its own in an otherwise bare interior comes across as lonely. The vehicle itself is not in the package.