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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:46 AM
Bill...

You're welcome. Looking forward to seeing how it works out for you.

Andrew
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Posted by roadrat on Monday, August 15, 2005 3:58 PM
Thanks for the tip "masonjar" I going to go down into the basement and try that out right now.

bill
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Posted by jrbarney on Monday, August 15, 2005 3:05 PM
Zeke,
Welcome to the MR Forums !
If your local hobby shop doesn't have the Campbell's corrugated aluminum in stock, another vendor of scratch building supplies that has corrugated aluminum is Builders In Scale:
http://www.builders-in-scale.com
Plus, Evergreen Scale Models:
http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com
makes "corrugated metal" in styrene if that meets your needs. Hope this helps.
Bob
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 15, 2005 8:27 AM
Zek,

You can flatten some heavy-duty aluminum foil between ribbon cable from a computer. Standard hard drive or SCSI cables will give you large corrugations. If you can find a ATA100 cable, it will make finer corrugations. If you have an IT department at work, ask them - tthat's where I got mine...! [;)]

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:43 PM
campbell makes aluminum siding, check walthers catolog or web site, I use aluminum foil that I emboss against a plastic aluminum sided building or roof. I just squeeze between fingers a couple of passes and handle with care because it will flatten out,cut to scale 4' x 6 or 8' sheets and glue to whatever your using as substructure.
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corrugated aluminum
Posted by zekeboy on Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:48 PM
Hi every one
Does anyone have a idea on how to make corrugated aluminum for ho scale
thanks, zek

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