03-18-2022, 09:40 AM
Thanks everybody, made progress on my curved roof yesterday. I decided to go with the metal look, so I took Jim's suggestion and tried to form the curve using a heat gun. Had problems with the styrene, so I went with the Plas-Tex that I used for the kitchen walls. It bent easily but had some memory, so I did an extreme curve (first photo) and let to come back to rest where it wanted to (second photo). I found a Mrs. Dash bottle that had the profile that I wanted and glued strips of balsa and .020 styrene to the sheet. It sprung out just a bit, but I can make it fit. It is a bit oversized, better that than too small.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD