recommendations for window glass for model ships

[palmerit]

My Scow Schooner has fairly large openings for windows. The instructions note that a "thin transparent materials" can be used - "from many household packing goods or old greeting cards." 

 

Recommendations for what looks good, is reasonably easy to use, and easy to find to simulate window panes / window glazing?

 

I've seen recommendations of old overhead transparency film (I used to use overheads to teach, but I haven't seen them in our department offices for years), microscope slide covers (hard to cut), a mica film (unclear what kind of buy, and some of them I found online seem fairly opaque). 

 

I did try searching on the site (directly and through google) but couldn't find a lot of posts with recommendations - maybe I just missed them. I saw the recommendations about mica here, but it was unclear what kind to look for. 

 

Other ideas?

[JacquesCousteau]

Will there be anything inside the cabin that will be visible through the windows? If they just show the internal framework of the model, something opaque or maybe even black cardstock might work well to give the appearance of windows.

[hmcarlin]

Try searching "clear plastic sheet" on Amazon; lots of choices there!

[wmherbert]

I just usually cut up pieces of clear plastic packaging.  Glue with CA. Have to careful to not smear the glue on the plastic. I glue to the backside of the opening  . I don't try to cut an exact fit into the opening. 

Bill

[barkeater]

What scale? I've used the liquid glass product before, and it works well as long as your openings are not too big. I work in 1/48 scale. If your window is divided into multiple panes, it makes it easier. I've used thread to make panes in the frame. Also, the liquid glass is semi opaque. Lastly, I have bought mica chips which I'm going to try on my current build but have no experience with yet.

Rich

[hornet]

I use a two part epoxy designed for covering the thread binding runners to fishing rods. It can be tinted if you like

[bruce d]

Can I suggest the screen protector material for phones?  My first attempts at cutting this stuff to exact sizes were encouraging and I have set aside a couple for use on the stern windows of my Mediator (when it eventually returns to the workbench).

I successfully stuck a mocked up window frame in place with a tiny amount of acrylic varnish in my experiments. 

It's also cheap if you don't get one for a current model phone. 

Bruce