09-18-2011, 06:47 PM
G'day All, I have been pottering around and made up a trial low relief N scale `tilt-up' warehouse out of cardboard sheet and computer printed concrete surface image.
The dimensions were derived from the previous postings on this stream and based on the HO scale plastic structure referred to on my previous post. The cardboard is about 1mm thick (0.040") and the price sticker describes it as "10 sheet". The concrete surface image was downloaded (for a small fee) from the British firm "Scalescenes" - TX-42.
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I printed the concrete texture onto some 120(?)gsm heavy paper, sealed it with a spray on matt varnish, and then cut it into scale sized tilt-up panels. These were then stuck onto a piece of card cut out for the front of the warehouse. To avoid risking the printer ink running I used a `glue stick'. After that I fixed on the side walls and internal bracing using some fast drying PVA type glue ( a local brand intended for gluing MDF) and cheap `plain label' super-glue ($2 for three tubes at the local supermarket). When that had all settled down I stuck on the end tilt-up panels and coloured the roof and inside of the panels projecting over the roof.
The roller doors are made from an Australian produced heavy paper that is embossed to represent HO scale corrugated iron.
This is a proof of concept model that looks quite reasonable and taught me some lessons for the next two versions:
The first will be another cardboard model with 80gsm paper used for the panels as I found the heavier paper used on the current model warped a little and made the butt joints between the panels more pronounced than they should.
The second will be a 1mm styrene sheet construction with the concrete surface texture printed onto decal paper and then cut into panels before applying to the structure.
Regards,
Andrew G.
The dimensions were derived from the previous postings on this stream and based on the HO scale plastic structure referred to on my previous post. The cardboard is about 1mm thick (0.040") and the price sticker describes it as "10 sheet". The concrete surface image was downloaded (for a small fee) from the British firm "Scalescenes" - TX-42.
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I printed the concrete texture onto some 120(?)gsm heavy paper, sealed it with a spray on matt varnish, and then cut it into scale sized tilt-up panels. These were then stuck onto a piece of card cut out for the front of the warehouse. To avoid risking the printer ink running I used a `glue stick'. After that I fixed on the side walls and internal bracing using some fast drying PVA type glue ( a local brand intended for gluing MDF) and cheap `plain label' super-glue ($2 for three tubes at the local supermarket). When that had all settled down I stuck on the end tilt-up panels and coloured the roof and inside of the panels projecting over the roof.
The roller doors are made from an Australian produced heavy paper that is embossed to represent HO scale corrugated iron.
This is a proof of concept model that looks quite reasonable and taught me some lessons for the next two versions:
The first will be another cardboard model with 80gsm paper used for the panels as I found the heavier paper used on the current model warped a little and made the butt joints between the panels more pronounced than they should.
The second will be a 1mm styrene sheet construction with the concrete surface texture printed onto decal paper and then cut into panels before applying to the structure.
Regards,
Andrew G.
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