Looking for tin roofing source

[Anonymous]

Where can I find some O scale corrugated tin roofing?

I'm looking for some that is rusted of lightly rusted.

Thanks for the help.

[retsignalmtr]

i remember reading an article about using aluminum foil to represent corregated tin roofing and siding. it was weathered and somewhat rusted. i can't remember what mag i saw it in or when. either MRR or RMC.

[Anonymous]

Yes, using aluminum to make your own roofing has been around for a while. Use a sheet of corrugated Evergreen styrene as the base, and form the aluminum in it. You would have to paint and weather it yourself. I don't think I've seen pre-weathered roofing in any scale other than the Paper Creek product, which is actually printed paper.

Bob Boudreau

[dknelson]

the late E.L. Moore used to make cheap corrugated metal by taking stiff bond paper over currugated styrene (as Bob suggests doing above with foil) and running a dry ball point pen to make the corrugations. Then the paper is sealed presumably with shellac or some other non water based sealant. Spray painted gray/silver it sure looks convincing in shots of Moore's scratch built structures (his goal was to make a great structure that cost a couple of bucks at most).
Dave Nelson

[jrbarney]

Hot Shoe,
Welcome to the MR Forums !
You might want to Email American Model Builders, Inc:
http://www.laserkit.com/laserkit.htm
Their O gauge Crossroads Church, Kit 491, has a peel and stick tin roofing. It isn't corrugated, but is the standing seam variety. I couldn't find it listed as a separate detail part, but perhaps they just haven't catalogued it that way.
Also, Plastruct:
http://www.plastruct.com
has both ribbed and corrugated roofing and siding in O scale.
Bob
NMRA Life 0543

[Anonymous]

I have had some success with aluminum foil run through a large paper crimper. If someone you know has a crimper try it out.

[Anonymous]

You didn't say you were looking for cheap or do-it-yourself, so I'll suggest Builders In Scale products: http://www.builders-in-scale.com/bis/parts.html

A recommended product and they are a pleasure to deal with.

Wayne

[Anonymous]

I aso have been using some very thin plastic silver-colored corrugated material that I buy from a dealer on Ebay, though I think this stuff gets cut from rools of party decoration material. I'm looking for a local source.

Wayne

(Edited to bump post over the anti-social threads.)