How to Model Washing or Laundry Lines

How to Model Washing or Laundry Lines

I love adding layers of detailing to my structures and washing or laundry lines are a simple detail that can be added very easily to your layout or diorama. I show 3 different methods which you can use.

Check out Shorpy.com for photos of washing lines in New York in the 1900s.

The Final Result

Tools and Materials

The Amazon links are all items I have either bought or bought something similar for myself. Clicking on any links to Amazon will give me a small affiliate income which I use to produce more videos. Every little helps!

• Bar Mills Laundry Lines – #0049
• X-acto knife
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• Needle Files
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• Strong foil
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• Tissue
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• Magnet Wire – this is 0.2mm but you can get 0.1mm which may be better for washing lines.
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• Archimedes Drill
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• Drill bits – I used 0.7mm
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• Isopropyl Alcohol
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• White Glue Mix – 1/3 white PVA glue 2/3 Water
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• Super Glue
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• Super Glue kicker or zapper
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• Halfords Grey Primer. You can use Tamiya fine grey surface primer instead.
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• Acrylic paints – I used:
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• Vallejo Black Grey 70.862
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• Vallejo Old Rose (70.944)
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• Tamiya Wooden Deck Tan (XF-78)
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• Medium India Ink) in Isopropyl Alcohol wash – 2 teaspoons of ink to 1 pint of alcohol
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• Scale ruler or person
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