Yes that's true. The worth was waiting for my cataracts to get bad enough to be fixed.  

Mike

I did some stone structures on RR-L but not any from the Thomas A. York collection. I mostly work with Sculpey modeling clay (the kind you bake in the oven). I did a SBS on how I made stone blocks using clay. I don't remember if I got around to posting any builds. I think I did one on the sea wall on the water front.

Mike

Dave I got mine to use to make shingles. For that it works very well. I could probably use it for other things just haven't done so yet. It is well made and easy to read the marking although I have to use my glasses now as with all my modeling.  

Rich I just read thur the whole thread. Outstanding modeling. Great workmanship. I to think stone building looks better now. I hope you get to feeling better.

I cut them random widths. I cut them anywhere from very small to longer. I try to make the longest no more than 12 scale inches. I also don't measure anything. After awhile the cutting of the tab becomes natural. I'm trying to make them look like wooden shingles.

Rich I posted a how to on making shingles on the Scratch building Forum

After I cut the tabs I glue the shingle strip to the roof using a thin bead of white glue. After covering the roof and it dries I use the point of my knife to lift some of the tabs. To finish I smooth them back down before painting. The last photo is the finished roof after painting and weathering.

Next I take the strips and cut the tab from the line in the middle to the edge.

After covering the card I cut it into strips using every other line.

I have been making my own shingles for a couple years now. It started when I was looking at a build on the old RR-L Forum. The builder was using this ruler to layout lines. I thought it would work to layout lines for shingles. I got a hold of the builder and ask who makes the ruler. The company is called Incra Rules. I order one. It is marked in 16th 32nd and 64th. I use heavy duty 3x5 index cards for the shingles. I tape it to the edge of the glass top on the workbench. Using the 32nd marking on far left side of the ruler I put the point of pencil in every 4th hole on the rule drawing a line across the card.

Here are a couple more shots of the build. This is the packing shed.

Thanks Bob. At one time a couple of friends and Me were going the do the Tropicana train to run on the club modules. I have slides I took of the train.

Rich thanks for the comments. I make my own shingles. I use heavy duty index cards. I plan on doing a post on how to make them.

Gray thanks for the comments.

James thanks for the nice comments. I have been into refer movements for a long time. The Santa Fe moved solid trains of refers from southern California to northeaster markets mostly the New York area.