corregation, lamps, wet leaves

[FJ and G]

Steve, Doug, others

Corregated metal. Here's the easiest way to make it according to my Garden RR mag which just arrived in mail today.

Michaels and other craft stores sell a tool in the paper craft section that is used to crimp paper into corregated paper. It is simply 2 rollers thru which you stick the paper and turn a crank. This also can be used for aluminum and thin brass. The perfect aluminum is from beer or soda cans turned inside out (they can be cut with scissors).

I've not yet seen or used the device but it is said to be inexpensive. THat sounds like the fastest way to do it.

In another part of the mag, they answer a question I have always had about how to make those light shades used in teard drop lights. Take a glue tube or other similar tube and cut out the top part. It flairs out perfectly and even has a hole thru which wires and a hollow brass piece can be inserted.

If you've made you're own lamps in other ways I'd be interested to hear.

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If you think 9 months is bad for CTT, garden RR mag only comes out 6 months a year; and tho it caters to the Gauge 1 folks, there are useful things there for people who do outside stuff.

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Speaking of outside, we had rain and wind last night. At backlick road in Springfield, the VRE train got stuck for about 10 minutes trying to pull out of the station on grade. The wheels were slipping on wet leaves and apparently the engine carried no sand. It was the new Sounder unit train with the fancy aqua waves running down the sides.

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I'm at home working on my scratchbuilding project today so I'll talk to ya's later.

[hugoroundhouse]

I read the info on corrugated metal with interest because I want model an old-fashioned corrugated-steel-sided grain elevator for my American Flyer layout. It will be 3/16 scale (or thereabouts.) Any suggestions for material to use? I'm assuming I will make the structure out of thin wood and cover it with something.

Jim E.

[trigtrax]

FYI, I make corrugated metal for my Suburban and Subway station roofs using .020" CRS... It takes 15 tons of pressure to form 3"x 3" sections in this material. I hope when get this hobby device you'll post your results with it.