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Does anyone know if metal was used for roofing in ww2 france? Have tried to do my homework but all I see is alot of terracotta tile...and some cedar shake.Have seen older buildings maybe retroed with metal, but hard to tell age for the photographs are modern. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
It was used in Russia and the U.S. since the late teens early 20's ... I have a French modeling buddy, I'll ask him and get back to you.
rb
http://www.razorboyminiatures.com/
Thanks Dave...anxious to know!
A few years ago I built a few 1/35 scale out houses with tin roofs made from heavy duty Reynold Wrap Aluminum Foil .... works well but is easily bent.
I have used metal roof in my house..A metal roof, often referred to as a tin roof, is a roofing system made from metal pieces or tiles. It is a component of the building envelope.Metal roofing is ordered per piece, whether an individual sheet, a piece of trim, or ridge material. In new construction, proper estimating results in very little waste. Sheets can be ordered at exact lengths, requiring less job site modifications..Metal roof is not very costly...Metal roofs are often used to cover large buildings because of their high strength to weight ratio.
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Stern0 Does anyone know if metal was used for roofing in ww2 france?
Does anyone know if metal was used for roofing in ww2 france?
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Depends on when the structure was built. Yes there were tin roofs in Europe during WWII but mostly on modern buildings. Clay tile replaced thatched straw roofs. Wooden shingled roofs were a rarity due to costs and high maintenance.
As clay tile roofs were expensive and added a lot of weight, metal (tin) became the cheaper and lighter material of choice.
Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt
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"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."
Another easy way to replicate is to use lead foil. It is easily scribed too.
Best of luck with the project
Enjoy the ride!
if you find out for sure about the roofing material,i have a bunch (probably more than i'll ever use) of "E" flute corrigated with the liner (flute) exposed,looks like it would not appear to out of scale for 1/35th ,it's white and as strudy as plastic of the same thickness. just give me a shout here and we can exchange info for more private (e-mail,and snail mail addresses).or if you live close to a paper/corrigated fiberboard manufacturer check with them they may have trim scraps that they just recycle. easy and cheap.
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It was indeed used in the 1920's. Tin was much more used though, while metal was more expensive. If you asked any metal roofing supplier who has been in business for some time they would be able to give you the answer.
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Copper roofing goes back to the 1700s and possibly further back yet. Here in Wisconsin there are many examples of victorian houses from the 1800s with steel roofs. The paper mill where I work had a copper roof when it was built in 1906 and the design firm was from Germany.
Pat.
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