Is this cheating?

[Steve]

While trying to decide on roofing material for my coalhouse trestle, I wanted to see what a shake roof would look like on it. I scaled down a roof picture, made multiple copies, and loosely put them in place. Looking at the results, I could see a wooden shingle roof would look pretty nice. After posting pics on my layout thread...a notion that I was not anticipating came up: Why not use the printed material?

Here are some pics of what I'm referring to:







I have my own opinion about using the print-outs...but I would like to hear yours.

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Thank you