corrugated iron

[kirky]

Does anyone have a link for something that would do for corrugated iron in N ?
I need something to represent sheets found in make shift fencing.

Thanks
Kirky

[port perran]

I use finely grooved plasticard for corrugated iron.
Painted rusty brown with streaks of grey and black etc.

[JasonBz]

Evergreen do a suitable size by the sheet of the stuff - not cheap mind

[dannyboy]

Have a look at this -

http://pufferwillies.co.uk/uk2ecommerce/department/sheet_materials_n/

16th item in the list.

Also - http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/1723_1.html - about three-quarters of the way down the sheet, (it's a long list!)

[trkilliman]

Here's an idea I read to make corrugated sheets, although I haven't gotten round to trying it myself yet!

You use the metal from a tube of tomato puree and the plastic lid from a coffee jar top, the sort with very closely spaced fine grooves. The plastic lid is rotated over the metal, with some pressure, to impress the grooves simulating corrugations. I imagine you would do this on the edge of a piece of plywood or similar, as the plastic screw lids are around 15-20 mm in depth. Perhaps setting a stop this distance in would give something for the lid to roll against
As I said not done it myself yet, but it sounds feasible.

[Railwaygun]

You can use another method using foil from a wine bottle

1)?Open bottle
Drink a glass of wine
Remove foil
Drink a glass
Take a small cheap screwdriver ( silver knurled body and rotating ring on top and roll it over the foil
Drink a glass of wine

Go to 1

[woodbury22uk]

Worth looking in Paperchase and other bulk paper stores. They often have thin card with a fine corrugated surface. I have used it in the past for corrugated iron sheets on a wartime diorama.

[Bealman]

Many many moons ago when Bealman was hobbit sized, Merit used to produce these little boxes of accessories for 00 gauge, such as a cable laying party and corrugated iron sheets.

I had lovingly kept this stuff, and thought there must be a way of using it on my layout for nostalgic reasons alone. Well, here are the Merit sheets. Obviously way over scale, but they're keeping intruders out of the distillery, and giving me satisfaction that I have managed to use stuff from so long ago.

[JasonBz]

That dont look too far out for Big 6 sheeting

Normal corrugated iron has 3" centres so in N its 0.5mm

[Webbo]

Funny you should ask this question as I've been scratching my head about this lately as well.

Found three sources:

Builders in Scale   http://www.builders-in-scale.com/bis/parts-metal.html

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

MRC                 http://www.modelrectifier.com/search/product-view.asp?ID=10969

The first two are N scale, but the MRC siding is 1:200 scale - on the small side. I've decided to order some of the Ngineering stuff from Fifer's Hobby Supply.

Webbo

[fisherman]

agree that wine bottle foil scribed with a  cocktail stick makes excellent  sheeting

[robert shrives]

Hi check out DCC redtux
https://www.dccsupplies.com/item-p-107506/corrugated-roofing-weathered-redutex-148ti121.htm,

bought some and its great !

Robert

[ozzie Bill.]

Try to get some reasonably thick foil, thicker than cooking foil. The seal on wine bottles, as mentioned above, is pretty good and there are numerous other sources in your kitchen and also medicine box. Find one of those old fashioned, fine toothed, metal combs, lay the foil on a flat surface then score it gently with the comb. Some practice and you'll be producing like a good'un

[Komata]

FWIW: Try your local op shop / goodwill store and look for some 1970's-era (and very garish) WALLPAPER  with EMBOSSED CORRUGATIONS !! (Seriously!) Twenty years ago I purchased just such a roll for the equivalent of 15p and have used it for all and every thing requiring 'corrugated iron' including some large gold-mining  buildings in 'N' (which used vast quantities of the paper) as well as providing roofing iron for other large buildings (most recently in 6mm:1) where 'iron' was required. The 'paper takes acrylic paint very well (and also ink, should it be required to do so) and can be cut to scale length. it is extremely flexible and can be used for all sorts of things.

Hope you can find some - it's very useful material.

Hope this helps.

[kirky]

Thanks for all the suggestions.
I did try making some using the coffee jar method. Actually I used the lid from a jar of pretend sugar from Aldi. I used it on tin foil. The effect was ok, but it wasnt instant enough for me, and I didnt have the time to mess on.
In the end I ended up making something rather overscale using plastrut corrugated sheets, supposedly N gauge.

This is the result - a bit out of focus Im afraid



I may try again with the foil method, but for now this is what we are putting up with.

Cheers
Kirky