Curtains and Shades

But illuminating these buildings would show what you couldn't see in the daylight or in the dark, that they were actually empty, with lucite windows that generally kept you from seeing in when it was lighter outside the buildings than inside.

So I got out the last Piko kit I bought and dug out the sheet of paper that had some curtains on it. There weren't nearly enough to do my whole town. But I used them as an example as I went out on a Google images search for more curtain patterns I could use. I also wanted a Venetian blind image to use for my similarly empty switch tower.

The resulting files are here, saved in a format that should be useful for most Large Scale buildings. You'll have to experiment no matter what scale you use, though, as the shape of your windows will have an effect, too. For example, if you want these in O scale, consider shrinking them to about 66% of of the original. For HO, try 40% of the original. Try to avoid shrinking them in a paint program - you'll reduce the resolution and make the curtains look more blurry than they probably need to. Instead, use a "print preview" function and make the printer driver shrink them. I'm not more specific, since every printer, operating system, and graphics program handles this differently. As an alternative, if you can't figure this out, try pulling them into Word and resizing them there. If you can't figure it out at all, contact me and tell me what kind of printer you have and what kind of software you are using to printe the .jpg files, and I'll try to walk you through it.

Note: Many of the files are large. If you have a dial-up connection, some of them will take a few minutes to download--that's why we provided small versions you could review before you clicked. In addition, when you view these files on your system, they will also seem several sizes too large, although most of them are actually the right size for printing on a 300dpi printer. The reason for this discrepancy is that your monitor shows things at 72dpi, much times larger than the same file will print on a 300dpi printer.

Legalese

• You are allowed to download it for your own use and to make signs for your friends.
• You may not alter these image except for resizing them for own use. You may not load them on any web page or resell artwork made with this artwork.
• If you wish to share this resource on a web page, please link to this page, rather than copying these images to your site, which will be an infringement of copyright, and not a very nice way of rewarding our hard work.

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Venetian Blinds Medium
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