Roof shingling - template

I will be using the same Greenleaf speed shingles as I did for the portico, though the roof will be remarkably intact. Either that, or grandma has had enough sense not to let the main roof go without repairs. :lol:

Back before I assembled the roof pieces, I had traced each piece onto drawing paper. These templates will now come in handy to measure out the speed shingle strips.

I cut the front gable template to fit. I won't be gluing the shingles to the template but rather to the house directly, but I will cut the shingles using the template first.

Instead of following the tops of the laser cut lines, I am leaving a little less of each shingle exposed - 5/8" to be precise. This is what I had done for the portico since it seemed to scale down the singles to a more realistic proportion for this particular house.

To add some visual interest, I inserted a few rows of diamond shaped shingles between the rectangular ones. I'll add another set of these closer to the top as well.

This is gonna take awhile....