CorrugatioNs

Issy is in Goa, with a friend, so I'm on caring duties for the poodles and mum.

I was planning to get lots of things done, but a close shave with a surprisingly sharp mandolin in the kitchen has stopped any thought of modelling. until my fingertip heals...

I've also been really busy writing what is called Thought Leadership. Or, as I call it, giving away all my best material for free.

Did I say the accident was responsible for my modelling hiatus? 

Actually, it is my struggles with corrugated iron in N gauge.

Bear in mind that, on both of my current projects, CI is at the front and centre. The Cambrian loved CI.

I had a real breakthrough in 4mm when I realised, whilst making the doors of an OO9 loco shed, that I could use Wills transparent corrugated sheet to capture the thinness of the real thing. and i could combine it, as here, with the thick structural sheet.

In N, I am really struggling. There are a lot of products on the market, but none match my need. Often the corrugations are more box section than corrugations, or the sheets are too small, or the material too thick.

If it was just a small building at the back of a wide baseboard, I could use Scalescenes, but it doesn't work when it is a big building at the front of a layout.

An idea I'm considering is embossing aluminium tape using a bolt. It is promising, but I'm still a long way from an effective solution