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   ProBozo | Aug 22, 2003 05:16pm | #1

   We do a stand-off of ply about 12-24" behind the glass,painted flat black.

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   BillHartmann | Aug 22, 2003 06:06pm | #2

   Why not a light color. Wouldn't that look more like there was a real room in there?

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   DaveB | Aug 23, 2003 06:48am | #8

       Pro,

     Good idea. A black stand off sounds perfect.  The other sugestions were a little weak. Real "upper story" ideas. Thanks!

                  Walla squared

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   briankeith | Aug 22, 2003 06:51pm | #3

   How about a window blind?

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   SamT | Aug 22, 2003 07:52pm | #4

   Do a standoff like Pro Bozo said, then place a maniquin between the standoff and the window. This will make the dormer look realistic.

   SamT

   True, the white man brought great change. But the varied fruits of his civilization, though highly colored and inviting, are sickening and deadening. And if it be the part of civilization to maim, rob, and thwart, then what is progress?

   I am going to venture that the man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures, and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization....

   Chief Luther Standing Bear, 1933,             
   From the Land of the Spotted Eagle, p.515

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   BossHog | Aug 22, 2003 08:44pm | #5

   How about a mannequin with a shotgun?Live simply...so I can have the stuff you don't use

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   CAGIV | Aug 22, 2003 09:38pm | #6

   I was going to suggest a big kitchen knife, but you beat me to it.

   Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.

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   FastEddie1 | Aug 23, 2003 06:40am | #7

   Stretch a white sheet about a foot or so behind the window, then add a clothing store mannequin and a light on a timer. 

   Do it right, or do it twice.

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   Dinosaur | Aug 23, 2003 07:46am | #9

   Forgive my naive question, but why would a window mfgr void the warranty if you paint the glass black? Is heat absorption that much of an issue?

   On a practical note: there are UV reducing films available for windows that reflect to the better lit side of the film. So since there's never going to be any light in the false dormer, anyone outside will always see a mirrored window. The stuff usually goes on with a water soluble glue that's integral to the film.

   Dinosaur

   'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?

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   DaveB | Aug 25, 2003 09:54pm | #10

   Dino,

        Thats the reason.  Alter their product with paint and void the warranty.  The reflective film is a good idea, but then so is the mannequin with the gun.

                         Thanks, Walla 2

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   hasbeen | Aug 26, 2003 03:28am | #11

   Put in a light fixture right behind the window, put a red bulb in, get a female manequin (scantily clad), charge admission.   ; )

   Used to live outside Helena, MT.  There was a large hole where an old commercial building had been, for some reason there was a doorway left in the back of the hole.  Someone put a scantily clad female manequin in the doorway...  Lots of laughs!  But then Helena had a bar on Last Chance Gulch (main street) with this saying prominently displayed:  Liquor in the front,  Poker in the rear. 

   Helena's a good town!  But then, since it's the capitol city, it may be a little jaded.

   Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.