Thanks Lee and everyone else who responded. I just did some experimenting and here's what I found: Kleenex has a better texture than gift tissue paper but is a lot harder to work with. Kleenex is made of two layers of tissue. I separated the layers. It takes very sharp shears to cut it without shredding. Knives don't work at all. I used the factory edge where it needs to be straight. Paint alone will not stick it down well enough. Spraying glue moves the paper around. Brushing makes it ripple and move around. CA doesn't work. I finally hit on brushing a very thin coat of thinned white glue on the wood and letting it sit for a minute or so, then carefully laying on a strip of tissue and patting it down gently with my finger. Will let you know how it works out when it's dried. -Wes
--- On Sat, 2/19/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Canvas Roof Question To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011, 10:42 AM I have done this reasonably successfully. I used tissue paper such as comes in the boxes of Christmas neckties. What is fun about this method is that your can curve the paper over the edge of the roof so it looks as if it is tacked to the fascia. Lee Rainey The Rio Grande cabooses had tar paper roofs and though I never tried it, the instruction said to use layers of tissue cut in strips and then applied to the roof by painting it on with Polly S engine black paint. -----Original Message----- From: Wesley Ewell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, Feb 19, 2011 9:26 am Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Canvas Roof Question Thanks Bob. I've read that advice but wondered whether that means tissue paper or the kind we blow our noses into. My website shows a photo and drawing of the prototype car. I posted a photo of the model in the photos section of this list. Go to the last page of the photos under "Wes Ewell's Album". -Wes --- On Sat, 2/19/11, Robert Frascella <[email protected]> wrote: From: Robert Frascella <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Canvas Roof Question To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011, 9:21 AM Hi Wes, Though I really liked your website, I could find your photo of the passenger car that you're building. In another life when I modelled in Sn3, I remember building a Tomalco D&RGW long caboose kit with a curved wood roof. The Rio Grande cabooses had tar paper roofs and though I never tried it, the instruction said to use layers of tissue cut in strips and then applied to the roof by painting it on with Polly S engine black paint. Perhaps this method could be used to simulate a canvas roof as well. I'd experiment on some scrap roof stock before applying it to your new roof. Bob Frascella Wenham, MA On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Wes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Last night I bit the bullet and tackled one of my biggest fears: building a > clerestory passenger car roof. > Using a piece of Northeastern milled roof stock, I filed and sanded the > ends and filled out the curved overhangs with bits of styrene and a modest > amount of Squadron putty. The whole thing took only an evening and came out > a lot better than I expected. > You can see a photo and my drawing of the car I'm building at > http://twofootartist.com/suncook-valley-railroad/ > Now my question: What is the best way to simulate a painted canvas covered > roof? > -Wes Ewell > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
