Making 1/35--or any scale--Sheets of corrugaed metal.

In an issue of SA not too long ago, they were using Radio Shack etchant(Ferric Chloride) to get rust started and to burn holes in thin sheet brass and aluminum.  Then using any of the other methods for creating rust.  As for the corrugation, he was using something fromt he art supply store, that has like two interlocking drums and a handle to crank them.  It was designed to put tubes into and squeeze all the paint out of them.  Made PERFECT looking corrugated metal.  If I can find the article I will scan for you.  Screw Kalmbach, it falls under fair use.

Michael

I saw it in the model railroading stuff awhile back at one of the LHS's in my area.

gary

This may sound like a dopey idea, but how about thin styrene sheet and one of those hair crimpers.  Lay the styrene in a crimper, heat it with a hair dryer, crimp it and let it cool.  You can then reheat it to  bend or bang it up.

-Fred

Hey guys,

I've been slack on posting so I thought I'd stick my 2 cents worth in here.

Fiskers makes a paper crimper that can be used to make corrugations in thin sheet metal.  Michaels carries them. I can't get the link thing to work, so go to Michaels site and type in Fiskers paper crimper.  I think it will take a piece 6" wide and as long as you can hold out to turn the roller!

mikepowers wrote:

You might want to try coating the foil with Future floor polish, then a flat coat and weather as usual.

Before or after shaping it?

Hi Ian.

You might want to try coating the foil with Future floor polish, then a flat coat and weather as usual.

It dries hard and should give you some of the strength your looking for.

Mike

Triarius wrote:

metal toothpaste tubes, such as Tom's of Maine uses.

That's excellent news - since we use Tom's toothpaste!  I'll have roofing material for years!!

I'm also going to nab some of that embossing foil to try out, as well.

IanIsBored2000 wrote:

good Ideas!  By the way, to Griz, where did you find colonial marines figures, or were they scratchbuilt?  I'm not really a Sci Fi fan, but the weapons armor and vehicles in that movie series are just awesome!

Well I bought a few of the old AEF figures off of E-Bay and I got some better weapons from some guy off of E-Bay too.  I really don't do that much Sci-Fi but I do really like the Colonial Marines.  I want to try and scratch build an attaching or stalking alien to do a diorama.  Also, over on the starship modeler web site I saw that a guy in France is selling limited edition Colonial Marines.

Grizz

Thanks for the Ideas.  I haven't seen any of those metal toothpaste tubes, but my dad let me take some lead foil off a couple bottles of wine, and that is working pretty well.  Still not extremely durable, but it works.  I experimented with some bulletholes and rust which didn't come out great, but otherwise, I think I've found a pretty good, easy and cheap method.  Here's the results:

good Ideas!  By the way, to Griz, where did you find colonial marines figures, or were they scratchbuilt?  I'm not really a Sci Fi fan, but the weapons armor and vehicles in that movie series are just awesome!

I don't really have access to lead foil but at Hobby Lobby and/or Michael's I found some thin metal that you use to "emboss" a design over a form.  I think that would work great.  It's about US $ 5 or so for a small roll.  I have used it for all sorts of things.  I made some body armor for Colonial Marines for the movie Aliens and I use it to make straps.  It's several times thicker than aluminue foil.

Grizz