Having watched the miniseries Band of Brothers, and noticing the willow pattern trench systems at Brecourt Manor in the second episode, I decided to make a diorama board involving some such trenches to go with the Panzer IV H I recently finished. I was thinking about having some small areas of the trench systems covered using corrugated iron sheeting, and have seen the sheets sold by specialist companies, but I was wondering if there was a cheap and effective way of creating corrugated iron sheeting without buying the professionally made stuff. Anyone have any ideas/tips helps?

I made my own out of the left over empty tubes of Super glue (sheet lead, brass of cooper will do as well).

I simple wrapped an appropriate gauge of wire around a flat paint stirring stick - free at most hardware stores - leaving one side with equal space wire. I cut he sheet metal to the desired size ( taking into account he curves or at least estimating the wide needed)

I then pressed the sheet metal onto the wire and used a jewelers burnisher (though and old paint brush handle or toothpick would work as well) to press the sheet down among the grooves created by the wire... instant corrugated sheet metal. Flat black paint then dry brush with steel, aluminum and rust, then apply dirt, muck and mire liberally....

John
www.johnneill.com

The stuff in the pictures looks great, and I'll have to try making it...except, sorry, but I'm not sure I fully understand your instructions...sorry if I sound dumb, It's just I cant visualise the things you say to do. Could you go into more detail Neill? Sorry to be a bother.

I will put together a pictureand better instructions over the next 24 hours +/-

John

My wife does the scrapbooking stuff and she has a paper crimping tool.

It's basically two gears that you run the sheet of paper through and it makes it rippled like that. You can also get paper in any thickness for scale.

Stop by your local craft place and have a look

by also looking in boxes many of them have a Corrugated layer sandwiched between
2 layers gently pell one layer off and there you have some Corrugated metal it comes in different scales/sizes as well

Pizza shops have sheetrs of single corregated cardboard they use to separate foods. They'll sell you some for a song. They work great!

Coffee cup insulators, like at Starbucks.

Z.

Here's another SBS.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/1052