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Hi, I'm actually looking for corrugated translucent / clear siding material suitable for HO scale. Most industrial modern warehouses have these kind of yellowish translucent fiberglass siding. So far, my searches didn't yield any suitable results.
Any idea? I suspect I'll probably find it maybe in craft stores.
Thanks in advance!
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hi matt , Slater's is worth a look ?
evergreen plastics ?
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happy hunting .
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Plastruct offers clear corrugated siding, although I haven't yet found a photo or demonstrative link. It may come tinted, too, but you could easily do that yourself if necessary.
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The photo in the link to Evergreen.......There's a "Marine Railway" with a vessel on it in the upper left corner !!
Happy to see that I'm not the only one who has modeled a "Marine Railway".
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Hi guys, thanks for the faster than light answers.
Looked everywhere you said before and after your comments and didn't find anything suitable in HO scale. Finally, I found some very large sheets (390mm x 290mm) from 4D Model Making Materials in UK. Corrugation is 2mm, a little bit large yet still acceptable in HO.
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South Eastern Finecast in UK does also them, but it's for 4mm scale, which would end up too large.
BTW, thanks for the Slater's link. I didn't know about them. They make very nice embossed sheet for a decent price.
I'll let you know if the product is worth it's price when I'll scratchbuilt my warehouse.
Thanks!
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Matt the reason the siding is yellowish is from U.V exposure thanks to the Sun.
A little light weathering will produce realistic results.
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Mr Fixit Wrote:Matt the reason the siding is yellowish is from U.V exposure thanks to the Sun.
A little light weathering will produce realistic results.
Mark
You're right, I'm thinking about lightly sanding with fine sandpaper prior to apply a yellowish wash.
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I received the clear corrugated plastic sheets today. It is called VIVAK. So far, so good. It is distributed by a german company called
http://www.schulcz.de. They are specialized in supply for architectural scale building. Most of their material are in 1/50, 1/100 and 1/200 scales, which make then suitable for O, HO and N scales.
I'll let you know as I scratchbuilt the warehouse in the next weeks.
Matt