Scratch built galvanized roofing

[Anonymous]

Hello,, I am new to this forum but not new to scratch building railroad buildings I have been scratch building for 20 + years. I thought I would share a very simple way to make galvanized roofing. First save all those aluminum pie pans you get when you buy pies at the store. Them go to your local craft store and buy what is called a paper crimper. Cut the bottoms of the pie pans into 2 inch strips and simply feed it through the paper crimper, what comes out is a piece for galvanized roofing. for less than $20 you can make this roofing for years to come. If you would like to see this roofing go to my web site www.MrTrain.com click on my train room and look at my 2 stall engine house this is how I made that roof and it looks like the real thing. If everyone liked this tip let me know and I will share more tips on scratch building that I have learned over the last 20+ years. Thank you for reading.. Alan

[Big_Boy_4005]

Neat idea Alan, last week we had a topic about craft stores, but the paper crimper never came up. Sounds like fun, I may invest.

[spankybird]

Hi Alan,

Of course we would like to here more. This will give us something that we didn’t have to buy a kit.



tom

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the idea . I was going to use a paper product but I did'nt like it . did'nt look real enough.

SBR

[ChiefEagles]

Pretty good. Never heard of a paper crimper.

[nitroboy]

I have seen Alan's work on his layout in his house, and it is amazing! Keep up the good work Alan.

Dave

[Anonymous]

here is a different way to make the same thing (but cheaper). you take corrugated cardboard and rip the first thin layer. now you should see the wavey layer of cardboard. take this and the thin layer below it that is still on and spray-paint the whole thing silver. much cheaper than buy ing a crimper