You will want to look at this thread from TB
http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?129407-DM-amp-IR-Hill-City-Sub-Johnson-s-Produce/page2
ratled
Modeling the Klamath River area in HO on a proto-lanced sub of the SP “The State of Jefferson Line”
That is actually a very good idea.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
SilvertonRR It just seems to me that if a person had a simple 2 piece press, hinged with a top and a bottom, with a scale (HO or N or S or whatever) corrugated surface. That he could take some heavy duty tin foil (aluminum foil) or even a thin soda can and put a piece of foil inside or between your press; squeeze, and wal la – a corrugated tin roof section. But I have never seen one. Do they even make one? Just asking.....
It just seems to me that if a person had a simple 2 piece press, hinged with a top and a bottom, with a scale (HO or N or S or whatever) corrugated surface. That he could take some heavy duty tin foil (aluminum foil) or even a thin soda can and put a piece of foil inside or between your press; squeeze, and wal la – a corrugated tin roof section. But I have never seen one. Do they even make one? Just asking.....
LION makes his corrugated surfaces (walls roofs, roll up doors, and transit walkways) out of 40 or better yet 80 conductor computer cables, the kind that connects the motherboard to the hard disk drive.
Here is some of it used as a corrugated wall at Dyckman Street.
And here is a snip of material auditioning as a length of walkway on an elevated structure:
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Possible, but by the time you produce it, you'll have enough money in the tooling that you'll be thinking of making it to sell. HO scale corrugated is rather fine, so this won't be something the typical modeller can throw together.
I've heard of people using various combs, drawing them over the material. Sounds iffy, but doable.
I've been using Northeastern corrugated siding. Not real cheap (about $1 for a 1.5"x8" sheet with standard hobby discounts) but works for me. Here's a pic of one of my recent projects:
It's a model of the Gold Prince Mill in Animas Forks, CO on the Silverton Northern. I still need more corrugated for the roofs, but spray painted them silver in the meantime.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL