Author Topic: Corrugated iron (Read 4297 times)

timg · « **on:** February 16, 2011, 02:03:21 PM »

Hi all,

Anyone got a source for plastic corrugated iron sheets in 28m? After something to make shanty roofs etc.

cheers Tim

answer_is_42 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2011, 02:13:56 PM »

Try corrugated cardboard.

gamer Mac · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2011, 02:27:36 PM »

Where are you based?
Various online stores sell plastic card. Most brick and mortar model shops stock it as well.
I use some corrugated card I got from Hobbycraft, very cheap compared to plastic.
Flat on one side, corrugated on the other.

aircav · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2011, 03:40:31 PM »

try antenocitisworkshop.com they sell it

Crudeboy · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2011, 08:18:34 PM »

Picked up one of these little boogers from Michael's, and it does the trick amazingly well.

Fiskars 9340 Paper Crimper
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=paper+crimper&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=13254934714881075697&ei=C4JdTfOaLs6_tgfcu8GvCw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=image&resnum=4&ved=0CD4Q8gIwAw#

6milPhil · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2011, 11:13:01 PM »

I use SE finecast, lovely range, easy to use, decent prices...

http://www.sefinecast.co.uk/Building%20Materials/Building%20Materials.htm

FramFramson · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2011, 02:38:30 AM »

I echo the corrugated cardboard comments.

It's an old old old standby for corrogated metal and usually works decently. Just dampen one side and peel away. If you need two-sided sheets, that's much trickier, but it can be done with some patience (peel one side, let dry, do again on the other side) and you will lose a little of the shape (youc an recover that shape when you glue the sheet in place).

It also doesn't get any cheaper than ubiquitous cardboard!

Deathwing · « **Reply #7 on:** February 19, 2011, 03:22:09 AM »

Take cardboard and leave it over a humidifier, commonly used for people with the flu, etc. The steam will really loosen the cardboard up. Not perfect, but it works to a degree.

Joey

timg · « **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2011, 02:29:19 PM »

Cheers all, knew I'd find the answer here!

Michi · « **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2011, 07:01:46 PM »

Quote from: answer_is_42 on February 16, 2011, 02:13:56 PM

Try corrugated cardboard.

These are scratchbuilt from corrugated cardboard.

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widgren · « **Reply #10 on:** February 20, 2011, 02:21:13 PM »

i use corrugated cardboard. i prefer it to plastic as it is easier to crumple to make it look deteriorated.

FramFramson · « **Reply #11 on:** February 22, 2011, 05:38:55 AM »

Today, I learned that corrugated metal actually dates back to 1820, which is way earlier than I thought!

Michi · « **Reply #12 on:** February 22, 2011, 06:33:26 AM »

Quote from: FramFramson on February 22, 2011, 05:38:55 AM

Today, I learned that corrugated metal actually dates back to 1820, which is way earlier than I thought!

Certainly, that was post-napoleonic corrugated iron. Then came the corrugated iron that won the west, followed by Victorian corrugated iron. They made Great War corrugated iron in early 20th century and later WW2 corrugated iron. The post war corrugated iron was called atomic corrugated iron until it came to computer aided designed corrugated iron by the end of the 20th century. Post millenium corrugated iron is either called lost-faith-in-space-travel- or nearly-post-apocalypse-corrugated iron...(or something like that)...

Blackwolf · « **Reply #13 on:** February 22, 2011, 07:11:41 AM »

[quote author=Michi link=until it came to computer aided designed corrugated iron by the end of the 20th century. Post millenium corrugated iron is either called lost-faith-in-space-travel- or nearly-post-apocalypse-corrugated iron...(or something like that)...
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' And in the dark future there will be only.......corrugated iron'.

gamer Mac · « **Reply #14 on:** February 22, 2011, 08:14:33 AM »

I forgot I had pctures as well.
I made the roof of this house using corrugated card

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