Scratch build chain link fence

[railBuilderDhd]

I build chain link fence with some material I found that I thought was great scale for the fence but I wanted to see what everyone else thought. I have some details on the page so check it out and let me know what you think. http://rbdhd.t35.com/chainlinkfence1/Thanks,
Dave

[Nicole]

Wow, it looks like a real fence!

[CP9302]

Looks like plastic wedding veil material. I think it makes great chain link fences, I've used it myself. Nice work on the weathering on it too.

[railBuilderDhd]

yeah, it's for wedding veils or wedding decorations. The stuff is called Tulle.

[kenw]

very nice work, especially on the weathering. The posts seem a bit large (diameter) from what I'm usesd to seeing in chain link fencing around here, but they're certainly not objectionable. Certainly an industrial area would have larger posts than residential.

I use brass wire/rod for the posts, they solder together easily and are very strong.

some of my chain-linik fence: (2nd pic)
http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8027

in my case, a slight spray with dull silver makes it look like a newer fence. brush painting causes the grid to fill with paint and really doesn't work too well....

Tulle is incredible cheap, you can get enough to fence the entire state for less than a buck...mine's really a bit too large to be exactly to scale (HO), but it's more than close enough for me. There are different grid sizes, but even the smallest I could find is just a tad too big technically, but folks that show up at my layout with calipers and rulers don't get in....

[suprduc]

Looks like good chainlink to me Dave, nice work.

[jbaakko]

Good work!

[Selector]

Very nice fence! I will have to build some fencing myself. I will do some of what you have demonstrated, and also those serpentine split rail type fences you see along roadsides from time to time. I don't know if there is a proper name for that type of wooden fence....?
-Crandell

[CanuckMark]

That looks awesome! My apologies if I missed it, but what scale is that?

Mark

[railBuilderDhd]

That looks awesome! My apologies if I missed it, but what scale is that?

Mark

I did this in HO scale

[JeffShultz]

Anyone know what scale the first one is in? I ask because the weave on the tulle in it seems much smaller than in Mark's example.

[Rotorranch]

Anyone know what scale the first one is in? I ask because the weave on the tulle in it seems much smaller than in Mark's example.

Since the Swift reefer is in HO, I assume the fence in front of it is HO also.

Rotor

[railBuilderDhd]

All my work so far is done in HO scale.

[JeffShultz]

That is a lot tighter weave tulle than I've seen. Looks very nice there.

[HOBO$$]

How about some metal door screen material ?

[Rotorranch]

How about some metal door screen material ?

Most window screen is too coarse for HO...it looks more like field fence.

Rotor

[CSX_road_slug]

Nice work! I'll be needing lots of that for some of my trackside industries.

[Mac Loco Works]

Looks great. Better looking than the stuff i just bought at the hobby store yesterday. I think i will return what i bought and try this ideal. Thank you for sharing.

[Airslide]

i tried it and it works great.

[Steve B]

Thats spot on in my book, very well done and well colored.

[Ronzzr11]

I bought some tulle from an eBay seller, and it does look good, mine only cost 99 pence, around $2,including postage for a length, three feet, by six inches wide. All I need now, is to sort out some fence posts !!!

Ronzzr11

[railBuilderDhd]

I used some styrene rods as post and glud them together at the top. I cut the top of the post to fit into the curve of top rod.

[kenw]

I solder brass rod/wire.

[yamahammer]

I bought some tulle from an eBay seller, and it does look good, mine only cost 99 pence, around $2,including postage for a length, three feet, by six inches wide. All I need now, is to sort out some fence posts !!!

Ronzzr11

Goto wal mart in the fabrics, they have several colors and it was .98 cents a yard. Enough material to fence in the entire layout, even if its huge. I bought a 1ft. by 3ft. piece for .24 cents. Thats the smallest they would sell me. You can use wire for your posts, over in the hardware dept.

[Ronzzr11]

Goto wal mart in the fabrics, they have several colors and it was .98 cents a yard. Enough material to fence in the entire layout, even if its huge. I bought a 1ft. by 3ft. piece for .24 cents. Thats the smallest they would sell me. You can use wire for your posts, over in the hardware dept.

Problem with that is,over here in England, there are no Wal-Marts !!, thanks for the tip anyway.
I was wondering what colours are most common for chain link fencing in the USA ?. Over here you often see green fencing around sports fields,and silver-grey in more industrial settings.
Ronzzr11

[yamahammer]

Problem with that is,over here in England, there are no Wal-Marts !!, thanks for the tip anyway.
I was wondering what colours are most common for chain link fencing in the USA ?. Over here you often see green fencing around sports fields,and silver-grey in more industrial settings.
Ronzzr11

Ahh good point- But I'll do you one better, pm me your adress and I'll send you some samples, enough to do alot of fencing. Green, silver,black, and grey are common for the newer plastic coated chainlink.

[railBuilderDhd]

I've notice the color and size of opening in links all differ here (USA) that you get the colors mentioned before and links that are smaller in a more secure area or the fence you see on a bridge will have smaller holes so you can't climb it.