Wes, Nice job on the roof! I have used facial tissue attached with Floquil enamel (or whatever formula) to simulate roofing paper. Some tissues now have a pattern, so you have to get the cheap kind. I have also used cloth adhesive bandage with good success. It’s much easier to cut than the tissue, and has held up for a couple years now using its own adhesive, although painting with Floquil, I suspect, also acts as an adhesive.
I posted a photo of a caboose using this material in my Monon Route photo album at the S Scale group. Roger Nulton From: Wesley Ewell Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 6:26 AM To: [email protected] 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 <mailto:frascerj%40gmail.com> wrote: From: Robert Frascella <mailto:frascerj%40gmail.com> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Canvas Roof Question To: mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com 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 <mailto:twofootartist%40yahoo.com> 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] ------------------------------------ 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/
