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    November 2005
Corrugated sheet siding
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 26, 2003 11:35 AM
In 1:48 scale how do you make corrugated siding or roofs for huts or warehouses. I have looked at corrugated cardboard as small as the packaging you get for lightbulbs, but it's still to large. Evergreen doesn't even make it.
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    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Saturday, July 26, 2003 12:11 PM
If I remember correctly (and sometimes that's a long shot), a company by the name of Plastruct used to make sheets of corrugated plastic. If not, check out your closest Railroad Hobby Store, they might have what you need.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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    December 2002
  • From: Third rock from the sun.
Posted by Woody on Saturday, July 26, 2003 2:40 PM
I think you are right about Plastruct carrying corrugated sheet. I just read an article about a sci-fi space frieghter that had cargo pods made of Plastruct corrugated sheets. In the article they said that it wasn't a product found in a hobby shop. They had to get it from a place that supplied to architectural modelers. I would think that you could get it from a shop that caters to the model RR crowd. Heck you could buy a whole RR building and modify it to your needs.

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    May 2003
  • From: Lewisburg , Tenn
Posted by fuzzy on Sunday, July 27, 2003 12:29 AM

Since I'm part of the model RR crowd too I
went to my work bench and here's what your looking for.
Williams Bros. makes corrugated aluminum
sheets (2) 72 sq. inches stock # 60000 at 3.25 a pack.
It's actual stamped aluminum. It's in the Walthers catalogs
under scratch building supplies.
Campbell Scale Models also made corrugated
aluminum sheets but I'm not sure if it's still available.
fuzzy
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 27, 2003 1:07 AM
I hate to correct you Fuzzy but the the corrugated sheets from williams is not stamped .
It is cut to size then run through a roll press.
They use various size rollers for the different types of siding and roofing sheets.
I only know this because I am a former williams employee.
I use the ho scale roofing sheets for rifling on tank barrels.
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    May 2003
  • From: Lewisburg , Tenn
Posted by fuzzy on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:25 PM
James,
No problem . I was in a hurry and that was in the
description . At least they make it like the real metal.
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:53 PM
I think they are the only company that does.
It's much easier to work with than plastic on dioramas and such.
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