CindyLee Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I am shingling my Beacon Hill, and don't know how to do the part of the mansard roof on the left side, next to the tower, I can't reach down there, and don't know if a template will work becuase of the curve of the roof. HELP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfwhitson Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 What I done was to make a card stock templet of the roof, and the wall. Than I glued shingles to templet, glued siding to the other templet. than slid, and glued the templets into place. Hope this makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Try checking out Gina's (butterflyex) blog. It's the best resource for building a Beacon Hill. She has blogged 2 of them. Here is the link to her second one where she discusses shingling. There's probably another shingling entry, so you may want to read on. Lots of good info there. http://moreminis.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-s...hill-day-8.html Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyLee Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 What I done was to make a card stock templet of the roof, and the wall. Than I glued shingles to templet, glued siding to the other templet. than slid, and glued the templets into place. Hope this makes sense. When you made the template for the roof, was it able to bend ok to the curve of the roof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corwin Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 It should if its card stock. Use makking tape to hold it down while it dries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMadWoman Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 My hubby, who has very large hands, was able to get in there and shingle . . . one shingle at a time. Here's a picture of what the finished job looks like. It requires a little bit of patience, but it can be done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin1056 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 i glued mine individually and used long nosed pliers to get them in there...it was a bit fiddley but worked out ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmesue Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 You can do it. All these methods will work. I have long reverse plyers for tight spots. Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenlaine Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I used a very long pair of tweezers that I use for stamp collecting and they worked beautifully as I put mine on individually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyLee Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Thanks to all of your help! I ended up buying a long skinny plyers type thing and I could reach right back in there! Some of the shingles are slightly unaligned and overlapped a bit, but nothing that can really be seen from the front. So it turned out great! :thumb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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