Thank you Nate. That is where I got mine and I think they worked great with the right color paint. I was modeling a specific building and this was the only thing that came close. Here is one pic
Try:
http://www.kingmill.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=49
Nate
Asbestos shingles and siding really have a look all their own - stiff and thin, like slate and yet smooth (unless there is molded-in texture). I did a google search and got some nice images (copyright means I can't post them here). One thing that seems common is that many were made with angled or curved bottom edges. Here's my thinking: Get the thinnest styrene you can find and then cut it with special scissors to form a pretty bottom edge (check the scrap-book department for special scissors). Cut lots of strips, then apply them like you would apply cut-paper "wood" shingles. Make extra effort to make them lay really flat.
For finish, I'd say that airbrushing would be a good start, followed by a wash of very thin ink to bring out the texture a little.
By the way, in the 1:1 world, used asbestos shingles bring a premium price on the non-commercial market, because they look so good and they haven't been manufactured for so long. They last a very long time and folks who are doing roof repairs/restoration on asbestos roofs will pay a lot for matching shingles.
The danger from asbestos is only if you cut it or grind it. So most cities allow asbestos roofs, siding, etc. even now. It's just that the products are no longer manufactured. A reasonably safe way to cut asbestos containing materials is to do it with a "wet" saw, and accumulate the water so that the dust doesn't dry out.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
mrgstrainI was wondering if someone new an easy way to make the old style asbestos shingles? And the best way to apply them.
The EASY way to model asbestos shingles is to use Plastruct #91620, concrete blocks. They come as solid sheets of vacuum-formed styrene: just cut the sheet to cover the roof, slop on a mess of MEK between the textured sheet and the styrene sub-roof, and glue them in place.
If you're talking about Insulbrick SIDING, use Plastruct #91611, brick sheet. Cut the sheet apart into appropriately-sized panels, paint them all the same (no randomness in Insulbrick!), color the edges black, and glue them to the side of the building.
Ray Breyer
Modeling the NKP's Peoria Division, circa 1943
Yes, there were asbestos shingles used as siding - very popular postwar up until aluminum siding started to get more popular.
They were about 16 inches or so wide, about 10 inches high and were nailed to the wooden sheathing.
There must have been several manufacturers because there were several different textures, and some had a straight bottom edge and some were scalloped.
They're a problem now because of the need to contain any asbestos dust when removing the shingles during residing projects. I think it's required they be removed (at least here in Pa.) it used to be OK to put new siding over them.
Eric
I wish I was a headlight
On a northbound train
You could make Your own using Emery Paper or very fine sand paper.
mrgstrain I was wondering if someone new an easy way to make the old style asbestos shingles? And the best way to apply them. Thank you
I was wondering if someone new an easy way to make the old style asbestos shingles? And the best way to apply them.
Thank you
Just checking did you really mean asbestos or did you mean asphalt? I have not heard of shingles being made of asbestos but they could have been in some places.
If you cannot fix it with a hammer;
You have an electrical problem!
In RMC, December 2006, there was an article, "Conquering Insulbrick" which discussed modeling tarpaper brick siding on frame houses 1930's to 70s.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
If you are talking about roof shingles, the above advice is good though incomplete.
If you are talking about asbestos siding shingles, I did find some on the web and they shipped them to me, but I could not find the refernce now. If that is what you are looking for, let me know and I will look further. I googled asbestos shingles and after much searching found a small kit maker that had wonderful asbestos siding shingles like in the 1940's.
I've got a few plastic kits with shingle roofs. I've found that Rustoleum's speckled black spray paint makes a very believeable surface for these. The surface is rough and flecked with gray/white, and it also takes weathering powders nicely. If you use something cheap, like old-style paper grocery bags, to make your shingles, then a quick spray of this paint would give a pretty good color match to asphalt shingles.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Buy'em and follow instructions.
http://www.rustystumps.com/products.asp?id=15
Mark