faux metal

[dochooter]

I am going to have an extended elvated section of track on plywood and tressels.  I want to dress up the sides of the plywood and maybe make sides.  I have seen faux brick at scenic express.  Has anyone seen faux metal siding?

 

thanks

[chuck]

Evergreen Plastics and PlastiStruct make styrene in various shapes/textures, including aluminum and wooden siding.

http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/

 

http://www.plastruct.com/ 

 

 

[Andrew Falconer]

Do you mean metalized-plastic sheeting or do you mean a metallic paint?

Andrew

[dochooter]

I was looking for some platic sheeting that looks like metal.  The sites listed above are helpful.  I would ideally like to find something with straight vertical lines with little rivets.  I have seen it done in magazine pictures.  I assume I would have to use some kind of thin wood as backing to make the sides functional in case of an accident.  I am using 72 inch curves so it should not be much of an issue.

 

Thanks

[chuck]

Fine Scale Modeler has done several articles on making rivets using sheet styrene.  They have their own web site and forum:

http://cs.finescale.com/forums/

 Link to a web site on "rivets"

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/tips/RatoMarczak/riveting_1/riveting_1.html

I've used the dressmaker's transfer tool (looks like a mini toothed piza cutter) on thin styrene with decent results.