1/700 scale netting

[munnst]

Around WW2 aircraft carriers is deployed netting presumably to prevent sailors, aircraft from falling in the drink.

Suggestions on scale material you have used to replicate this netting?

 

Also suggestions on material that could be used for 1/700 scale handrails?

 

While happy to go down the PE route it starts to get expensive very quickly.

Edited July 3 by munnst

[mikegr]

I remember read in a book of a guy made protective net by using old nylon stocks of his wife

As for the railings a set is below 10$ and can be used for 2 medium ships. The differencei in a finished model is noticeable by naked eye and it worth the money spender. I'm not aware of any hard material that can substitute them with good accuracy

[Ravens]

For the netting you might consider some sort of plastic or metal gauze sheets that can be cut to size. Whether a suitable match for the scale can be found is the question, but there should be a variety of options to choose from.

 

Potentially these may also work as railing material, assuming you're willing to put a lot of effort into removing many sections of strand to give it the correct appearance.

 

Regards,

Ross.

[Ngantek]

I can tell you what doesn't work at least! I had a go making framework out of nickel silver wire and the netting with the finest gauze I could find but the frame was too inaccurately constructed and too flexible for the stiffness of the netting. In the end, I wish I hadn't bothered. A proper 1 part frame and maybe some PE mesh bent properly might have answered better. Any slight inaccuracy (let alone gross as shown here) showed up as the mesh grain emphasises any misalignment. 

(You can see the shonky result in the RFI linked on that thread) 

 

A competent modeller would no doubt have better results however!

 

For future though I got some of these, so there's another option. Many designed for purpose PE sets for carriers will have those nets as well. A clean result without the 3d shape is better than a shonky curved net imo, at least at this scale.

 

Andy

[ArnoldAmbrose]

       G'day @munnst, I'm not sure how big or fine you need the netting. Below is a mast-head radar scanner I made for a 1/600 scale destroyer a few years ago. It's simply fine gauze I bought from a haberdashery (I think it's called) store, that sells material for clothes. I stiffened it up a bit by soaking it in PVA glue then pinching it between thumb and finger to get the excess glue off it. The piece I've used here is about 3.5mm x 6mm.

I'm not sure if it's applicable but HTH.

Regards, Jeff.

[munnst]

Thanks for the replies. I did wonder if net curtain could be used.

[munnst]

I found a good analogue for scale mesh netting. Small mesh bags sold by `The Works` here in the UK.

Although I have yet to cut and paint them to my eyes they are fine and flexible enough to work with.

`White Organza Bags - Pack Of 8 From 1.00 GBP | The Works`

 

[yasssirt]

For netting, I’ve had decent results using fine tulle fabric or tea bag mesh—it looks the part without being too thick. For 1/700 handrails, stretched sprue or fine wire works in a pinch if you’re avoiding PE. Not perfect, but budget-friendly and still satisfying to build.