Hi all,
anyone know of a source for this stuff in approx 1: 24 to 1:20.3? Thank you!
Just corrugated aluminum roofing, Hans. I got a ton from a guy on ebay.
If you find any standing seam, let us know.
To answer your question, no.
Last week I did find some marvellous car mats some guy had thrown into his trash. They’re rubber, black, and have just the texture you’re looking for. They’re going to make standing seam roofing for my freightshed. Did I say I found them in the trash? For free? For that price you get three, not four, but nobody ever sits in the back anyway. Check out car mats at your nearest Wallymart or Trashcan… Trashcan usually has the best prices.
Did I mention I got mine there? For free? 
Nice idea and find John. Thanks
Hmmmm I guess I need to go dumpster diving more often. Between 3 and 5AM when I’m awake listening to CBC Radio. :lol: :lol:
Hi HJ,
Google Bellair Depot, this is Yogi Wallace’s site. He show’s you how to make the roof panels. Hope this helps.
Chuck
Thanks Chuck,
I was considering using alu foil (but even the HD stuff is too light). The pans are the ticket! I’ll laser a groove in wood and use the pizza cutter to do the extruding. Thanks man! 
What a great little site that is, Chuck. Way to hop… Maybe I’ll toss the car mats… Naw… don’t think so… :lol:
John, Is this the kind of material your talking about. Black rubber mat with corrugated seam look.
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/rick_marty/Smiths%20Camp/smithcampA390001.jpg)
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/rick_marty/Smiths%20Camp/smithcampA61.jpg)
If so you can usually get it at Home Depot/lowes for about 3 bucks a foot in 3 foot wide runner. Rick
Hi Guys,
Glad the site helped, if you have any questions email Yogi he will help if he can. Hey HJ you have a laser??
Chuck
Yeah, Chuck, he has. He has some very recent pix in another thread here but I can’t find it! Very precise stuff he’s making. But weird-looking. He explains though. 
Rick: that mat stuff looks great - I hadn’t seen it before. Here are the mats I found. The coffee stir stick just fits & is not tight between the ridges. I was thinking I could paint it with acrylics - your saloon looks great - what did you use?
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/choochoo_chaboogie/_forumfiles/Floormats.jpg)
By the way, on the Fiskars paper cutter. I went to buy one at Michaels a few months ago. It was about 29.95, as I recall. I thought, "that’s a lot for the one building’s roof that I have in mind… " Then the salesgirl told me, “When you get to the cash, f you give them your E-mail Addy you’ll get a discount.” The discount was substantial, around 40-50%. I would have been ahead of the game at this point, except my wife picked up about $25.00 worth of stuff and I put it on my card. Oh, well…
So if you go to Michael’s for the crimper, ask about this deal, and go without herself in tow.
I have made pretty good use of the thing. I just shove beercan aluminum through it and I haven’t tried annealing it beforehand. But I’m a simple guy, following the ten-foot rule.
When it comes to rivets in my roofing, I have fatter fish to fry at the moment. Maybe I’ll worry about roof rivets once all my track is laid… Maybe not…
John, where does the “Welcome” sign go?
Yogi has lots of good ideas. Once I get my track laid, I plan to use a lot of them.
Steve Featherkile said:Steve, that's pretty well my position as well. :cool: I don't have a freightyard yet. :( And it really hurts. :o
... Once I get my track laid, I plan to use a lot of them....
Rivets on my standing seam roof panels are just a tad below my radar… :rolleyes:
John Le Forestier said:
..................Rivets on my standing seam roof panels are just a tad below my radar… :rolleyes:
I call those “Stealth Rivets”, they are very popular with a lot of people who don’t see so well. :lol: :lol: Cleverly hidden stuff.
Builders In Scale sells aluminum O scale standing seam material. It could pass for “narrow” SS roofing in larger scales.
Thanks Ray, good to know.
The distance between seams on my structure is just over 2.125". I’ll use Yogi’s extruding method, got the .o9mm thickness cookie sheets today.