Winter Challenge 25-26 - Fiordland Lobster Company - Tellynott Depot

[Mark Dalrymple]

Continuing...

Photo 7 - Here is the ridge capping added to the walkover.


Photo 8 - I start with a piece of aluminium foil.  I smooth this out and then stick it to a piece of double sided tape.


Photo 9 - I peel off the double sided tape backing and stick it down to my cutting mat, sticky side up, nice and taught.  A piece of 1.2mm rod is cut to the correct length and then carefully laid down the centre of the tape.  I trim the ends of the tape, leaving enough to fold over the edges.


Photo 10 - Using my finger and thumb I caress the tape around the sides of the rod somewhat.  I then flatten the bottom sections out (bending them back the other way).  The rod is then carefully laid down the centre of the ridgeline.


Photo 11 - I use my thumb nail to crease the foil further down the sides of the rod and shape it until it reaches the corrugated iron.


Photo 12 - A toothpick is then used to mold the flashing into the undulations of the iron.  A knife is used to cut a couple of small slits into the end flashing and this is folded around the end of the ridge capping.  The ridge appears to be way off centre in this photo.  It is an illusion.  Its actually pretty good.


More soon, cheers, Mark.

[PRR Modeler]

Mark thanks for your method of doing ridge caps. I will give this a try next time around. It looks much better than what I do.

[friscomike]

Howdy Mark,

The structure looks great.  The corrugated iron roofing looks perfect.  The ridge cap is brilliant.  

Have fun,
mike

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark thanks for your method of doing ridge caps. I will give this a try next time around. It looks much better than what I do.

Thanks, Curt.

Let me know if you have any difficulties, and I'll try to fill in any blanks there may be.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Howdy Mark,

The structure looks great.  The corrugated iron roofing looks perfect.  The ridge cap is brilliant. 

Have fun,
mike

Thank you for your kind words, Mike.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hi guys.

Photo 1 - I made up a flashing from aluminium foil and double sided tape.  This was carefully put into position using tweezers, the end of my 6" ruler and a toothpick.


Photo 2 - I used high tack masking tape for the main roof area.  I marked the centre of the roll and then used that old builders trick of using your fingers as a guide and running a line around the centre of the width.  I peeled off the tape, stuck the end to my workbench, and used scissors to cut it down the centre line.  I cut off sections at approximately a scale 33' to represent the product arriving in rolls.  The first piece was taped into position, trimmed, and then the offcut used for the second run, just like in the prototype.


Photo 3 - Here is the first roof finished.  I taped the last piece to my cutting mat, measured and marked, allowing for a return flashing up the wall, marked the starting line on the roof, and then stuck into position, using tweezers as an aid.


Photo 4 - Here is the other side.  I also used my tiny scissors to cut little squares off the front corners.  The tape was folded over the edge and adhered to the edge of the card using my thumbnail.  I added a small strip around the external corner of the tower to the flashing.


Photo 5 - I added double sided tape to the single story addition roof.


More soon, cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Continuing...

Photo 6 - I decided to use Campbell shingles on the single story addition roof.  I find the double sided tape makes it easy to get the curved nature of the rows of shingles out.  I adhere them with a press of my thumbnail every inch or so.  I marked the sub roof at 3/32" spacings and drew lines across the sub roof for a guide when adding the shingles.  This is about the only time I don't work in metric.


Photo 7 - Between every row of shingles I add a bead of canopy glue.  I find the double sided tape on its own isn't quite enough for this task.  After each row of shingles was added it was trimmed to length using my tiny scissors.  Generally, I add Campbell shingles before gluing the roof to the structure.  This was a gentle reminder of why.


Photo 8 - The finished roof.  I added a masking tape flashing.


Photo 9 - A view from above showing the finished roofs.  You can see I opted to add a tar paper roof to the top of the tower.


Photo 10 - A view from the front.


Photo 11 - A view from the left corner.


More soon, cheers, Mark.

[deemery]

Masking tape for roofing paper, and Campbell paper shingles!   Roofing approaches I remember from the 1960s, that still look good....

dave

[PRR Modeler]

The roofing looks great Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Masking tape for roofing paper, and Campbell paper shingles!   Roofing approaches I remember from the 1960s, that still look good....

dave

So true, Dave.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

The roofing looks great Mark.

Thanks, Curt.

Cheers, Mark.