mesh grill

[briboy]

have anyone found something that will work for a mesh grill in good scale laying around the house or at a store. i was thinking normal door screen but i think its too big for the scale

[proosen]

Find one of thoose filters for coffee brewers made of stainless steel. It's about 0.5 mm wide holes which is a tight mesh of about 12 mm in scale. Or use a discarded piece from a Braun electric shaver if you want another weave pattern. Hey, why not just keep your eyes open after whatever stuff you can find in the most odd places, I always do and eventually you'll strike gold. Tulle can also be great for mesh, you'll find it in a fabric store (or what it's called?)

Good luck in the hunt!
Niclas

[Tikiman]

I just had a look round the house and came up with this:



It is used for patching up body work on cars and can be found at general hardware stores (Clas Ohlson). If you look at the front end of a Peugeot 206 you will see that it is the same kinda shape and about the same size, even though it may look out of scale. I think it may also be the same shape they use on Focus grills.

Here is a picture of it on my latest project. Not sure if i will use it yet though.

[Mustangman25]

IMO, it looks a little out of scale. Window screen may be a better alternative. Also, If you have any other rally, race, or Japanese kits (I've mainly seen the screen in Japanese kits, but I think that the new Revell tuner kits have some) check them for mesh screen. You could also buy a Revell tuner, that way you get the mesh, the kit and some spare parts to use on other kits. HTH

[flyonthewall]

The majority of mesh stuff you will find around the home is out of scale, best to buy the many aftermarket types. I did a thread on a particularly good range a while back - here

[Verminator]

After rediscovering the original thread I bought some of this and it is excellent with more than enough to equip a few models

[scaleracecars]

Scale Race Cars makes photo etched mesh in diamond and square patterns for 1/24 scale. Beware that the picture is very big. They are not cheap at $19.99 each but are photo etched after all and twice the size of a typical SMS photo etch parts set at the same price. The picture includes examples of both types some in the natural nickel silver finish and other painted black.
http://www.scaleracecars.com/forums/...tachmentid=571

Best Regards,
David
http://www.scaleracecars.com

[Mr Skadiddleman]

Funny you should mention this. I was at Michael's (the home craft store) today and found mesh wire of all sizes. It ranges from the coffee basket size mesh up to the size for a real car. They have screen type mesh and the "catwalk" for lack of a better word, type mesh in aluminum, copper or brass. Check it out. I found it in the section for modeling clay arts.