The ideal viewing distance for 'n' gauge is said to be 2 feet and this means a lot of licence can be taken with the extent of detail to include in a scratch built model.
Our 2mm corrugated iron Cliddesden station building for instance does not have textured corrugations, the gutters are split wire sleeving glued to the ends of the roof, the windows are not transparent, the down pipes have no strapping and so on. It looks just fine.
The larger 00 gauge version would not be so forgiving to the eye so it has been given gutters that are properly formed U shape, the downpipes have strapping, the corrugations are textured, has a decorated interior and the window glass - well, should be transparent for realism and potential views of the interior, especially if lit, but to simplify the construction as an experiment this model has printed opaque dummies!
David
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