Mike Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Photo-Etch Mesh (Various sizes & shapes)Eduard Adding real mesh to areas of a model where mesh should be is a great improvement to its realism, although it can be tricky to find mesh of a suitably "scale" look, unless you look over on car modeller's shops. Eduard have stepped in with a selection of (initially) two sizes of mesh in both square and rhombus (diamond) shaped patterns. I understand that these are either etched in, or coated in a steel coloured metal, so you'll have no problem getting that bare mesh look if that's what you're after. The sets are sized as 4x4 or 6x6, which is about all the help you get, so it's best to have a squint at the pictures below to get a feel for the correct size. 4 x 4 Square (00034) 6 x 6 Square (00033) 4 x 4 Rhomb (00035) 6 x 6 Rhomb (00025) ConclusionVery handy... if you want some mesh for a scratch-build or alteration to one of your kits.Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Be a great help to AFV modellers as will upgrade older kits or replace faulty frets in some kits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 I should imagine it'll be handy for car modellers too, and on occasion for the aircraft modellers for radiator mesh and so forth Sorry about the photo quality, but it was about as good as I could get them, and that weird pattern on some of the sheets is just a side-effect of the etching process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 That looks to be just right for grills and exhaust outlets etc. on gantries and platforms such as those on Apollo and Shuttle towers. Also could be good for the MLP/Crawler units. They might also be useful in a similar way for fan trunking outlets on 1:350 scale and larger ship models. Thanks for giving us the heads-up on this Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 It does look very usefull indeed. Very fine stuff has been hard to get. I think I'll need to see it myself though as, with the greatest respect Mike, it's very hard to get a feel for what it looks like. Trouble is short of sending interested parties a sample I can't think how to show it better.... I am certain that I'll be buying it anyway of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 I understand entirely The problem with most bricks and mortar model shops in my experience though, is that not a lot of them carry much in the way of after market, which was why I added the ruler and the blown up circular section to try and help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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