Gates & fences...

[Wulf]

OK, I've got hedges worked out, I'm working out how best to do/buy walls, but can anyone advise on where I can get (or how I can make) reasonable looking 10mm scale fences &, more importantly, gates? Fences of all types, and gates mostly of the farm, 5-bar & the like type, but gates in general.

[Leon]

Best bet is probably N-scale railway stuff?  There's some on the Guagemaster site here: http://www.gaugemaster.com/search_results.asp?searchstring=fences%20scale~~%ACn%AC~~scale%20category~~1229~~category

[fsn]

Timecast do some good stuff as well. Nearly as good as Pendraken.

Beware though, I've ordered 10mm stuff from them and got 6mm.

[Wulf]

Some nice stuff at guagemaster, thanks Leon. Strangely, though, most of them don't give lengths for the pack contents...

[Ithoriel]

I got some 15mm scale fences from Ironclad at Claymore to use for Eastern Front scenery.

http://www.ironcladminiatures.co.uk/shop/category_17/Fences.html?sessid=6Huy70MD6io3n0m17Pvvsyg8TG9WU792cdcN7cH61hmE3xEuFfH7IVhYUYr8WkpY&shop_param=cid%3D%26

They are a little over man-height for 10mm which is what I wanted.

Not painted up yet though

[Wulf]

Nice. They do bocage gate sections too. Thanks

[NTM]

Timecast do some good stuff as well. Nearly as good as Pendraken.

Beware though, I've ordered 10mm stuff from them and got 6mm.

Isn't some of their stuff supposed to be multi scale e.g. 10mm hedge is also 6mm bocage.

[fsn]

Yeah, but I was ordering cars.

There was a fault on the ordering page of their website. May be fixed now.

[Wulf]

Yeah, but I was ordering cars.

maybe that's the reason for the ludicrously oversized 4x4s these days...

[Techno]

http://www.10mm-wargaming.com/making-snake-fencing.htm

Is this any help from Andy's blog ?....
Cheers - Phil.

[Wulf]

Interesting, yes. Not a form of fencing I'm familiar with, I don't think it's applicable to 1940 France, where I'm initially preparing for. Was it used in Europe, West or East?

[GordonY]

nope thats purely a US of A type fencing, great tutorial though

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Wire fencing with lots of swearing - square section solid plastrut, cotton and mounting board. Drill a pair of holes in the plastrut, then drill and glue to mounting board. Thread cotton through the holes, and tie off. Paint the uprights a brown to taste, cotton gunmetal, and sand/flock the base. You can substitute small tile spacers for plastrut.

ianS

[Wulf]

Where do you get Plastruct in the UK? There used to be a lovely little Model Railway shop in Glasgow, but it's gone now, and I've lost access to brass tubing & plastruct...

In good news, eBay seems to be full on N gauge fencing...

[Techno]

Hi Wulf.

Good place for brass rod, tubing and lots of other odds and sods......(including things like very small drill bits.)....(Huzzah !!)
They might even do Plastruct or something similar.

Scale Model Shop Ltd......Get a lot of my stuff from them....Quick and reliable !

Cheers - Phil.