Out of scale, possibly. But that looks great! Very convincing.....

Looks ok to me, buddy. 

Terrific looking scrap pile and I much like your weathering of the corrugated iron too.

Webbo

Over scale it may be, but it certainly looks the part. 

Looks fab 

Looks great to me. I like the way you've varied the panel lengths and colours, nibbled the edges of some and rotated others - not many pristine scrap yards about so it really convinces.

Mike

On one of my old N layouts I made a lot of corrugated sheeting for fencing and roofing sheets for small industrial buildings.  As I needed a heck of a lot of corrugated sheet I went hunting with my trusty vernier caliper and found the perfect thing to 'mass produce' corrugated sheeting quickly.. 
I found a comb in a pet shop that was supposed to be for combing cats to remove unwanted hitch-hikers (fleas etc) it has metal teeth with 0.45mm spacing. (suitable for 3inch peak-to peak corrugated iron in N guage)  I used some metal foil strips cut from a 'fast food container' scrounged from a local Chinese take away. 
Simply press the strip of foil onto the teeth of the comb with one of those cheap pot scrubber/cleaning sponge things and it very quickly forms the foil to the comb teeth producing a decent looking '3inch ridged' corrugated sheet :-) Cheap, quick and easy. then you just have to prime it and paint it with your favourite selection of 'rust/muck etc and you are sorted! :-) 
I also used the same method with another slightly larger comb to create corrugated roofing which I painted various shades of grey to simulate old asbestos corrugated roofing panels.

the shopkeepers are often surprised when I tell them why I am carefully measuring all manner of things in their shop - grin -

I hope this helps.

Quote from: Ozz Scott on August 20, 2016, 08:52:21 PM
On one of my old N layouts I made a lot of corrugated sheeting for fencing and roofing sheets for small industrial buildings.  As I needed a heck of a lot of corrugated sheet I went hunting with my trusty vernier caliper and found the perfect thing to 'mass produce' corrugated sheeting quickly.. 
I found a comb in a pet shop that was supposed to be for combing cats to remove unwanted hitch-hikers (fleas etc) it has metal teeth with 0.45mm spacing. (suitable for 3inch peak-to peak corrugated iron in N guage)  I used some metal foil strips cut from a 'fast food container' scrounged from a local Chinese take away. 
Simply press the strip of foil onto the teeth of the comb with one of those cheap pot scrubber/cleaning sponge things and it very quickly forms the foil to the comb teeth producing a decent looking '3inch ridged' corrugated sheet :-) Cheap, quick and easy. then you just have to prime it and paint it with your favourite selection of 'rust/muck etc and you are sorted! :-) 
I also used the same method with another slightly larger comb to create corrugated roofing which I painted various shades of grey to simulate old asbestos corrugated roofing panels.

the shopkeepers are often surprised when I tell them why I am carefully measuring all manner of things in their shop - grin -

I hope this helps.

That sounds like the kind of method I tried with tin foil and a selection of lids. Didnt think of trying nit combs tho. Thanks for the tip.

Any chance of a photo @Ozz Scott ?

Cheers
Kirky

The corrugated iron I ordered from Fifer has arrived and it looks terrific. The end view has the smooth wavy pattern of real corrugated and I suspect that the ripple is pretty close to the 3" standard. However, when viewed from more that 10 cm away I suspect that the beauty of this stuff would be lost and that Ozz Scott's idea might be the go.

Webbo

Quote from: Webbo on August 21, 2016, 10:26:11 AM
The corrugated iron I ordered from Fifer has arrived and it looks terrific. The end view has the smooth wavy pattern of real corrugated and I suspect that the ripple is pretty close to the 3" standard. However, when viewed from more that 10 cm away I suspect that the beauty of this stuff would be lost and that Ozz Scott's idea might be the go.

Webbo

Hi Webbo
A photo of that material or a link would be really great, thanks

Kirky

Sometimes, in this scale, you can get away with exaggerated features rather than strict measurements. Indeed, sometimes it looks more pleasing to the eye.

If it looks ok, it is ok!

Quote from: kirky on August 21, 2016, 10:36:38 AM

Quote from: Webbo on August 21, 2016, 10:26:11 AM
The corrugated iron I ordered from Fifer has arrived and it looks terrific. The end view has the smooth wavy pattern of real corrugated and I suspect that the ripple is pretty close to the 3" standard. However, when viewed from more that 10 cm away I suspect that the beauty of this stuff would be lost and that Ozz Scott's idea might be the go.

Webbo

Hi Webbo
A photo of that material or a link would be really great, thanks

Kirky

Hi Kirky

Here is a link to the Ngineering corrugated:

http://www.ngineering.com/other_detail_stuff.htm

And George, fair point you make. 3" corrugations don't show up in N scale very well except very close so one could get more of an impression of corrugation with 6" or even 12" spacing between the ribs.

Webbo

Thanks for the link @Webbo , not come across that company before. Are they reasonable on shipping costs?

cheers
Kirky

Hi Kirky

I obtained my corrugated iron through Fifers in the US. It is listed on their website, but Robin at Fifers can get it and other Ngineering products for you. The corrugated iron could easily be sent in an envelope, but otherwise you would be looking at the cheapest parcel rate from the US to the UK. Ngineering carries a whole lot of other interesting electrical parts and detail parts including frets that are manufactured by Scale Link in the UK. I've obtained some of their fencing and trees and have on order a fret of wrought iron tables and chairs intended for a garden scene.

Webbo