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jh63fan · Joined: 10 Sep 2021 Posts: 352 Location: Tarheel State

Been trying to find some styrene sheet with a pattern that I can use to make grills and oil cooler openings. Any suggestions? I checked the Evergreen website and didn't see anything. Don't want to use real screen as I may have some resin casting done from it.
Thanks

MarkJ · Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1303

Don't think you will find anything plastic that has a screen in 1/25 scale. It's pretty much impossible to cast plastic that small. Somebody sent me some fish tank pump screen that looks pretty realistic, but I don't know where you would go to get it.

Razorback 46 · Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 454

When I did my rusty Wallace car I did the oil cooler opening with a piece of the grill from an 81- 85 Pontiac. I did it that way so it would match the kit grill a little better. If you have any of the Salvinos 86 Pontiac kits, they also come with the 81-85 nose.

jh63fan · Joined: 10 Sep 2021 Posts: 352 Location: Tarheel State

Thanks for the responses guys.
I am working on a 1979 Caprice and it has a pretty big grill, so I don't think I can make it from an existing grill I have around.
I'll let y'all know if I find something.

hemiman_1999 · Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 296

you may wamt to look in railroad supplies then brass screen

JamesT · Joined: 04 Apr 2018 Posts: 48 Location: Canada

I don’t know of anything in plastic. But there is lots of in scale photoetch available
https://newtype.us/p/QV5XTvkEBFm9qJt8KKqy/h/aw-201-photo-etch-mesh-03-s-square

Lionpride · Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 247

Can you post a pic of the grill or the front end of the car you are talking about? Your best bet is probably 3D printed.