Corrugated Siding

[JazzDad]

I needed some corrugated (some call it tin) siding for a building. The stuff I could buy was almost as expensive as purchasing the real thing.

I salvaged the lid from a frozen lasagna pan. This is thicker than regular aluminum foil, but not as hard as trying to work a soda can. I laid the foil over some old Evergreen HO scale plastic siding, taping one end down to keep things aligned. I then ran a (ink depleted) ball point pen in each of the grooves. Afterward, I dragged the siding back & forth over the end of the workbench to get the warps out. I'm pretty pleased with the result. It took a bit of time, but was cheap, and I can make as much as I want - until the plastic siding wears out or I'm too fat from eating all that lasagna.

 

[ianacole]

That is really cool!

 

[twforeman]

I've used HD aluminum foil and rubbed it over an old computer ribbon cable. That works pretty well too, but you have to be gentle with it.

The roof and side of this building were done that way.

 

[GeeTee]

I needed some corrugated (some call it tin) siding for a building. The stuff I could buy was almost as expensive as purchasing the real thing.

I salvaged the lid from a frozen lasagna pan. This is thicker than regular aluminum foil, but not as hard as trying to work a soda can. I laid the foil over some old Evergreen HO scale plastic siding, taping one end down to keep things aligned. I then ran a (ink depleted) ball point pen in each of the grooves. Afterward, I dragged the siding back & forth over the end of the workbench to get the warps out. I'm pretty pleased with the result. It took a bit of time, but was cheap, and I can make as much as I want - until the plastic siding wears out or I'm too fat from eating all that lasagna.

A toothbrush or a small brass wire brush in lieu of the ball point might speed things up . I used to use a paintbrush and siding with aluminum foil , but AL foil is thin and can tear .I was going try Aluminum tape ( its about the right thickness) and waxpaper , I m hoping that I can make corrugated tape siding .

The paintbrush and the aluminum works well for metalizing things like water tanks or duct work or even hydrocal signal boxes. I have one build that had plastic corrugated roof so I just brushed the Al foil over it.

It looks way better than plastic.