1:35 Factory windows, ver.B

Factory windows ver.B, window fillings of industrial buildings

Version B of the factory windows from the manufacturer Firma49 extends the choice of window fillings for dioramas in 1:35 scale. Windows are what makes a credible building out of a blind wall; it is precisely their division that gives away that we are looking at a factory and not at a dwelling house. The set is a scenic extra, and it is reckoned that the walls you fit the windows into will come about from materials of your choice.

Typical scenarios

• a production hall in the rear of the front
• a brownfield with equipment laid up in it
• a railroad depot or repair shop
• a street scene with an industrial scenic element

Observations on working it

With industrial structures it holds that less cleanliness means more realism. After spraying the base color, give the windows a patina with a wash, apply dusting to the panes and set some of the fillings out of true or break them out. Light passing through a broken window is one of the most striking effects a diorama can offer, and with these frames you will get to it easily.

Suitable for

• advanced builders of buildings and ruins
• modelers starting out with building their own scenery
• dioramas from the 1930s to the present
• combining with version A on more extensive structures

The 1:35 scale is given directly in the name, so the set goes exactly with ordinary military equipment and figures.

The rhythm of a facade

An industrial building comes across credibly when the windows repeat in a regular beat and a uniform lintel course runs above them. It therefore pays to lay the spacing out before cutting the openings and to leave several fillings boarded up with planks, as an abandoned hall thereby gains a story of its own.