1:35 Printed Accessories: Factory glass windows No.12

Factory window fillings No.12 in 1:35 scale from RT-Diorama

This is a printed diorama accessory from the RT-Diorama range, not a kit of equipment and not a finished building. It concentrates on the window fillings of industrial structures - that is, on the part of a facade that takes up the largest area on halls and workshops. The 1:35 scale given in the name matches the proportion in which the great majority of military figures and equipment is produced, so the accessory fits them in size and settles into an ordinary scene without adjusting any proportions.

What the accessory is for

A window is a small thing on a diorama that decides the overall impression. As long as the openings let light through, the structure looks like a set piece and the viewer can tell that there is nothing behind the wall. A filled opening gives the building depth, brings out the rhythm of the facade and helps with the readability of scale too, because a window of known size serves as a point of comparison beside vehicles and figures. On factory buildings this effect is the strongest, because the windows repeat along the whole length of the wall.

Tips for placing it in the scene

Go from the whole to the detail: first the mass of the building, then the spacing and the size of the openings, and the fillings last. Keep the grid the same on all the walls and carry it on around the corners as well. Check the height of the windows against the figures so that the proportions match. If you are building a ruin or a damaged building, think out in advance which openings will stay whole and which will not, because that changes the sense of the scene considerably. A continuous complex comes about by repeating the same type of filling.

Who the set is for

• builders of factory and city dioramas in 1:35
• modelers who work with large facades
• anyone interested in scenes of fighting in industrial districts
• those looking for a detail of the setting rather than another kit