how to make a tin roof?
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how to make a tin roof?
i'm trying to figure out how to make a tin roof like this:
http://www.thurgartonironworks.co.uk/us ... s/Roof.jpg
in roughly 1/35 scale. i'm trying to make a dio for my avenger missile system and i want to make a maintenance bay for it. any suggestions?
http://www.thurgartonironworks.co.uk/us ... s/Roof.jpg
in roughly 1/35 scale. i'm trying to make a dio for my avenger missile system and i want to make a maintenance bay for it. any suggestions?
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I've suggested this here before - but tin cans - you know the ones your dog and cat food come in? They have corrugated ribbing. Cut them down and you get lengths of tin roofing - not too sure about the scale but it looks ok. Flattening them out and getting them straight is not too easy but it adds to the character. If you want some rust scatch off the tin coating and add a bit of acid - CARE. Rinse off and it rusts beautifully.
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Tower Hobbies carries corrugated plastic sheets from several manufacturers. Here are the search results.
They're mostly in 1/48 or 1/24 train scales, but I'm sure there's enough of a size range in the real thing to make either size realistic in 1/35.
They're mostly in 1/48 or 1/24 train scales, but I'm sure there's enough of a size range in the real thing to make either size realistic in 1/35.
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Verlinden do 1/35 iron corrugated sheet. Very nice. As I'm in the UK you'll have to hunt out a US supplier.
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Plastruct makes it in a number of scales. You could sand it to get the rusty spots. You can also get real metal and use etching soulution to rust it....but this is BAD stuff if handled wrong so read up on it first. Also try the link below. They have lots of different roofs in many scales. I use their stuff and they are great.
http://www.appliedimaginationinc.com/pr ... index.html
http://www.appliedimaginationinc.com/pr ... index.html
www.walthers.com is probably the definitive train stuff supplier on the Internet. Go run a search there; I'm sure you'll find something useable.Kylwell wrote:Hit a good train store, they're have corrugated metal sheets in a variety of sizes/scales.
I was thinking more like Caboose Hobbies, yet another reason to move to Denver.
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DaveVan wrote: You could sand it to get the rusty spots. You can also get real metal and use etching soulution to rust it....but this is BAD stuff if handled wrong so read up on it first.
http://www.appliedimaginationinc.com/pr ... index.html
couldn't you just ruff it up and dip in salt water??? seems a little safer to me. it just might take a day or so.
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rustall will make it look old and rusty. look in the model train shop.raser13 wrote:DaveVan wrote: You could sand it to get the rusty spots. You can also get real metal and use etching soulution to rust it....but this is BAD stuff if handled wrong so read up on it first.
http://www.appliedimaginationinc.com/pr ... index.html
couldn't you just ruff it up and dip in salt water??? seems a little safer to me. it just might take a day or so.
Even easier is vinegar, also known as acetic acid. Rusts stuff up jest fine.raser13 wrote:DaveVan wrote: You could sand it to get the rusty spots. You can also get real metal and use etching soulution to rust it....but this is BAD stuff if handled wrong so read up on it first.
http://www.appliedimaginationinc.com/pr ... index.html
couldn't you just ruff it up and dip in salt water??? seems a little safer to me. it just might take a day or so.
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This one is easy. Finescale justhad an article on this not too long ago. Pick your metal, and get one of those things at a craft store for getting everything out of a tube of paint. Then run the metal sheet through it. VOILA! Use a bit of ferric chloride to create the holes and weathering if you like. The stuff reacts VERY quickly to aluminum so if you ue that be careful and take it easy.