Here's a brief how to on individual "wood" shingles:
1. Material. I started with a roll of "postal wrapping paper", 30" X 15', and cut off 8-1/2" so I have 8-1/2" X 15'.
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2. I then cut several 12" sheets off the roll. These were then taped down, and the colors ( I chose brown, tan, white, and black, for the boathouse project ) were streaked on the paper.
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3. Once the sheets were dry, strips, a scale 18" are cut off across the streaks, with a #11 XActo knife using a scale rule as a cutting guide.
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4. The 8-1/2" strips are then cut, with a small scissor, to varying widths up to about 12-14 scale inches.
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5. The shingles are then picked and applied using tweezers, and an old dental pick, used to hold and guide the shingles into place. I apply enough glue for about 6-7 shingles at a time, that way the glue doesn't dry out before the last shingle is in place.
It's a simple enough process, and I'll make one or two strips at a time, to break up the monotony. The end result is a true random size, and color pattern, with good color, and texture. The scale 18" long shingles go on with a 9" reveal. I usually pencil in a guide line on the roof, or wall, for each new coarse of shingles.[attachment=5262]

Oh ... my ... God! hock: hock:

As said elsewhere ... "you may be right ... you may be crazy ..."

(obviously the result of many long hours below deck out of sight of land for months at a time!)

Great effect but quite the labor of love!
Ralph

Looks great . The boat house is coming along nicely also.

great looking boat house Pete , I use a similar system but never thought of wrapping paper though , been using craft paper at 4 times the price. what I need now is to find some way of cutting the scaloped shingles that they were so fond of using in the victorian era as in the photos below.

I would never attempt that. Two reasons:

1) A potential disaster if I sneeze
2) If a sneeze doesn't frustrate the endeavor, the cat surely will

Jim -

Try a Craft store for various "fancy" scissors. I think my daughter has a pair that cut the shape you want. They were part of a whole kit, but they can probably be had individually too.

Here's a whole kit (zoom in to see patterns printed on the scissors):
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Andrew

WOW...that's a great looking result. Really nice!

jim currie Wrote:great looking boat house Pete , I use a similar system but never thought of wrapping paper though , been using craft paper at 4 times the price. what I need now is to find some way of cutting the scaloped shingles that they were so fond of using in the victorian era .

I was using standard 20 pound bond paper, but I was not happy with the white edges left after cutting. Darker construction paper was too heavy, so the wrap, is the best compromise I could find.

I like the use of the scalloped, and straight cut shingles on the Mansard roof. You would need a specific cutter, as those scalloped shingles are all the same width, where the straight cut vary in width.
" Try a Craft store for various "fancy" scissors."
I might have to look into that also. Thanks Andrew.