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trabanino
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2006 - 12:29 AM UTC
Hi Guys, i am looking how to scratch differents roofs of shingle, wood, etc, i saw many post but they send me to a lik that not longer exists.. Thanks
coldwarrior
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2006 - 05:06 AM UTC
You can make all kinds of different roof styles. For sheet metal I would use sheet styrene with some strips welded on to suggest joined sheets. For shingles you can cut sand paper and cut either individual shingles or cut strips of them and stagger each row. Different grits yield different scales. For Spanish tile they sell formed sheets of styrene but if you want you can cut drink straws in half and then into sections. If you want a wood shingle look, just about anything will work from card stock to styrene to wood veneer. If you give me some specifics I can help you more. Good luck! -D
HONEYCUT
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2006 - 05:37 AM UTC

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just about anything will work from card stock to styrene to wood veneer.


Gday trabanino
Doug has some great ideas here... I have just finished a small section of roof myself, using wood veneer from the LHS..
Go to my photos to have a look
Good luck!
Cheers
Brad
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Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 12:25 AM UTC
Thanks guys, nice ideas Doug, i guess i will try with the straws by now in the dio i am working with.
Murdo
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Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 02:11 AM UTC

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... I have just finished a small section of roof myself, using wood veneer from the LHS..
Go to my photos to have a look
Good luck!
Cheers
Brad



That really looks very nice Bradley, what did you use?
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