Industrial roller doors

[exmouthcraig]

 

Morning All, picking up where I left off in February I'm trying to crack on with a wagon repair shed that was at our location. 90% of the structure is complete and currently working on the asbestos roof and skylights.

Windows and doors will be fitted to the 2 sides they were on BUT from pictures it shows the access road had a roller door (exactly the same as current industrial units)down to rail head level.

1, were these type of industrial roller doors in manufacture during the 1950s and therefore the right type of door?

2, where the hell am I going to get brass etch or plasticard sheet with ribs that close together to look like a roller door?

I have evergreen sheet for planked wagon beds but wondered if there was anything better out there?

Many thanks Craig

[swisstrains]

For roller doors I just use plain plasticard scribed with a sharp craft knife to represent the individual segments. Evergreen also do some sheets of "siding" (sorry can't remember the ref. no) with about 8 strips to the cm. if you want a slightly rounded effect.

[Bob Tidbury]

There must be a sheet suitable for roller shutter doors as WESTON MODELS uses it on all of his industrial and modern loco shed models ,at the moment I don't have contact details and I don't think Jeff has  a website .
But he does attend a few shows in the south ,He is usually at the Brockenhurst shows and at Southampton .
I will try and find his details .
Bob Tidbury

[crewearpley40]

Bob ive googled weston models is he the one im thinking on rm web and 3mm society goes to brockenhurst?

[Bob Tidbury]

Yes he does go to Brockenhurst  I have no idea about the 3mm society or Rmweb .and I couldn't find a website ,I do have his Email address somewhere ,I will post it when I find it
.Bob Tidbury

[crewearpley40]

bob


q uick internet search :

information on Weston Models and found this email address for Jeff on the 3mm society website.



Jeff Weston can be contacted by e-mail at jeff283@btinternet.com


is this the same person / company ?

[exmouthcraig]

Thanks @Bob Tidbury @swisstrains

The evergreen sheet sounds good but will see what Jeff throws up

[crewearpley40]

could you not use scored plasticard for the roller shutter doors
or try on e ***** y, the well known internet purchasing site

[exmouthcraig]

I could but I have 3 doors with only a 1.5 x 0.8mm rod in between to replicate a 9" pillar. My scoring skills might not allow me to get all 3 doors accurate enough to satisfy my OCD 🤔

[Steven B]

Does it have to be plastic or metal? ScaleScenes do a couple of print-your-own kits that might be of use:
https://scalescenes.com/product/doors/
https://scalescenes.com/product/t009-modern-industrial-building/
https://scalescenes.com/product/r023a-diesel-depot/

[kirky]

Well here's an interestin thing
I've just posted a similar question about roller shutters on the Merg forum. I quite fancy having a go at a working one!

My idea - which I have not tried yet - is to use this strip plasticard, probably one mil, to represent the horizontal sections of the roller shutter. Too big I guess?
Im simply going to try and mount the horizontal sections on some sticky tape so that the door remains flexible. The operation of it remains undecided.

cheers

[Railwaygun]

Find bottle of wine with foil cap

Remove foil

Get a small screwdriver with knurled shaft and place foil on resilient surface ( foam mouse mat)

Roll screwdriver over foil and hey presto - roller blind doors

( this also works for tank tracks)

Drink wine

Go to 1

[crewearpley40]

effective cheap idea sir

[exmouthcraig]

@Railwaygun, sounds fantastic but after the bottles of wine will I get 3 doors the same??? 

@kirky oooooo a working roller door I'm liking the idea of it, with clear skylights the mechanism would be visible and could just look like a big machine.

This might take some working out and take alot longer then planned

[Rabbitaway]

You can get good results with plasticard