do a little ball of epoxi compoud ( i the photo I do it with a liitle plasticine ball) and put among two 1mm thick plates. carve with a lime te form of the tile in a bit of wood or plastic. drop a bit of talcum podwer in the ball,



press the ball and cut the excess from the sides afther the extrusion



this is the result



sand an cut all and give him a finished form as this



glue al pieces over a cardboard or wood and pas over it scotch brite for wheatering.




cheers
Carlos

Hello Carlos, excellent step by step, I'll remind for a future dio!
Thanks for always sharing your great tricks and tips, We are lucky to have an Avant-garde building modeller among the forum members.
Is this for the superb italian farm you've recently showed us?

Take care.
Alexandre.

Hola Carlos
That is a simple yet effective method,and quite low cost~ Whatever putty is on hand could be used. I like it!
Brad

Impressive Carlos! You should write a book
The only thin g I regret with your trick is that viewed from slightly below you can see it is not *hollow*. How about sort of press the stuff between 2 bits of wood? i guess the result would be more flimsy but you'd get the right thickness.

Yo Carlos,

Thanks for the tip! This trick should work with other types of tiles to, I think.

Greetz Nico

Thanks guys for your warm words

Alexandre, yes this roof is for the italian house,but I was thinking that a separate post for show this thecnique could be good. Most part of models that I have seen have these typical plain slates, but we can see other types and variations in the real world.

Bardley, Nico, this metod can be used for do architectural ornamentations also. I want show more of this style in the future

Jean-Bernard yes in next time I will push the perfection one inch more :-) and will do hollow tiles. this time , however, I must do solid tiles due that this is a original for a kit, in the future this tiles can be hollowed with a round lime...hope that soon I can show here the result.

Thanks Carlos for the nice and useful tip!

Cheers
Claude

Clever trick that I might use for other shapes as well. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers

Thanks Carlos for the tip. Soon as I get on my home computer I will print it out for future referende.
Tom

Wow Carlos, thanks for sharing this, so simple but how effective, lovely !