Tutorial - Molded roofs of white glue

[martin t]

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

[Chris_1522]

That is positively ingenious!

[J3a-614]

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

[Jhanecker2]

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.

[jbrock27]

...they also  sell flocking .  John2.

You've got to be flocking kidding me!....

[martin t]

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.

[rogertra]

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.

[jbrock27]

Marty, keep the tips comin bro!

[J3a-614]

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

[jbrock27]

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...

[J3a-614]

Yeah, I confess I missed it. . .

No arguments about some of this being great stuff, though!   

[jbrock27]

I have done "it", a lot more than once.  Guess you missed those as well

Agree completely!