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Title: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: martin t on February 06, 2016, 05:33:06 PM
Hi!

Since a few years I make all of my roofs on scratch built building and structures with White glue.
It´s Quick, cheap and easy to work with.

This is how:

https://youtu.be/sAYunBL29gY (https://youtu.be/sAYunBL29gY)
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: Chris_1522 on February 12, 2016, 09:05:39 AM
That is positively ingenious!
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: J3a-614 on February 13, 2016, 06:40:11 AM
Indeed!

I like this fellow's emphasis on speed and low cost (though I wish I could work as fast as he apparently does, which would work even better!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ2Lsjfh-rs
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: Jhanecker2 on February 14, 2016, 10:59:03 AM
To J3a-614 :   Micro-Mark  carries  black & also  Green  tufted material for making forests . This may save you the task of dyeing  White material  with  paint and stretching  material over that , they also  sell flocking .  John2.
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: jbrock27 on February 14, 2016, 01:03:09 PM
Quote from: Jhanecker2 on February 14, 2016, 10:59:03 AM
...they also  sell flocking .  John2.

You've got to be flocking kidding me!.... ;D
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: martin t on February 16, 2016, 05:16:37 AM
Quote from: Jhanecker2 on February 14, 2016, 10:59:03 AM
To J3a-614 :   Micro-Mark  carries  black & also  Green  tufted material for making forests . This may save you the task of dyeing  White material  with  paint and stretching  material over that , they also  sell flocking .  John2.

Thank you for commenting on this!
One of the main purposes for me making this tutorial is to show how people can cut cost by 98.8%, by avoiding buying the ready-made materials in the shop. 12oz green poly fiber is $19,95. 120oz micro fiber in the pillow from IKEA is $2.02. Then I use Acryllic paint worth about $1 to color it.. If you are building a small layout, this will not make any difference to you, but if you build a large layout, this and every detail you add will make a quite significant difference. Both in terms of what you accomplished as a craftman and the resulting cost.

It´s all depending on your personal philosophy of how you want to craft your mrr.
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: rogertra on February 16, 2016, 06:52:49 AM
Quote from: J3a-614 on February 13, 2016, 06:40:11 AM
Indeed!

I like this fellow's emphasis on speed and low cost (though I wish I could work as fast as he apparently does, which would work even better!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ2Lsjfh-rs

That's how I made my trees going on 20 years ago.

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/Great_Eastern/Exeteraswasjpg.jpg) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/rogertra/media/Great_Eastern/Exeteraswasjpg.jpg.html)

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/Great_Eastern/DSCF0254.jpg) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/rogertra/media/Great_Eastern/DSCF0254.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: jbrock27 on February 16, 2016, 08:15:17 AM
Marty, keep the tips comin bro! :)
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: J3a-614 on February 17, 2016, 02:27:43 AM
Quote from: jbrock27 on February 16, 2016, 08:15:17 AM
Marty, keep the tips comin bro! :)

There's a whole YouTube channel to peruse, with other tips and layout tours:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeZXHh52SuCYjnDtHgl9sA
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: jbrock27 on February 17, 2016, 06:28:52 AM
Quote from: J3a-614 on February 17, 2016, 02:27:43 AM
There's a whole YouTube channel to peruse, with other tips and layout tours:

I am, and have been, aware of that, for some time ::).  You think this place is my only source of information ???  Maybe you have seen me post to folks, directing them to YouTube ???  I guess not... ::)
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: J3a-614 on February 17, 2016, 06:52:07 AM
Yeah, I confess I missed it. . . ::)

No arguments about some of this being great stuff, though!   :D
Title: Re: Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue
Post by: jbrock27 on February 17, 2016, 06:58:28 AM
I have done "it", a lot more than once.  Guess you missed those as well ;)

Agree completely! :)