I have been trying to find an article on how to make roof tiles fron lead foil but can't seem to find it....it involved making a jig and then pressing lead foil onto the jig to make the italian tiles...can anyone help me locate this article?

Thanks

How about this one.
Roof Tile feature

Hmm not the one I was looking for, however I might have to give it a try....thanks for the help slodder...

There is a section in Roy Porter's Model Building Masterclass that describes this method.

What about using fimo clay (self hardening model clay) and make the patern you want then when set emboss the tin foil into that to get the shapes you want.

Nige

Hi there
At the bottom of the page, you could see the way I've used to do roman round tiles.


https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/135984&page=2

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That's fantastic work Alexandre. Don't know how I missed that.

Thanks for all the help guys, Pat that was the one I was looking for......I might give the cardboard one A try as well...

Chris if you want the info from the roy porter book PM your email address to me .

I did a roof using those plasticstraws my kids got balloons on - they are quite thin, easy to cut up and glues with ordinary plastic cement.

Carbord have the disadvantage of having a very "open" and uneaven surfaces which can leave the edges somewhat fluffy.

I think that Miniart might soon come to the resque if you don´t want to scratch one:

http://miniart-models.com/Images/ModelKits/NEWS_35514.jpg