Roofing tiles - modern

[glen]

Having a little break from furniture for a while and trying to work out how to make tiles.

Anyone come across these in 1/12 scale?

Here are a few pictures to give an idea. The clay tiles are only part formed as I'm waiting for them to dry before carrying on.

When I'm happy with the shape I'll make a mould and cast a whole lot.

Cheers

Glen

[doogster]

You can buy sheets of that type of tile roof (it's called Spanish Barrel Tile) from most online hobby stores. It's plastic so you'd definitely want to spray paint it, but if you're casting you'd have to anyway, I'm guessing you're casting resin.

[glen]

Thanks but that’s not quite the tile I'm looking for, similar but not the same. (Yeah, pain in the butt!)

I have a specific tile in mind, you might notice I've added a small ridge in-between scallops.

Just trying to bring it into the 20th century.

Cheers

Glen

(why why why can’t I just use what’s available!!!!!!!!!!!)

[havanaholly]

That looks a lot like some of the new fiberglas roofing we see, especially downstate. I would probably try reproducing them in construction paper, what are you planning to use to cast them? I would think paper-mache would work well & be light.

[doogster]

most casting is done by making a mold of the master with RTV silicone rubber, then casting in polyurethane resin, unless you're cheap then you cast in polyester resin, which is so brittle it's unworkable. Ask anyone who's tried to build a kit from Warp Models.

[glen]

Yes I have a mate who I'm pretty sure will make me a RTV silicone rubber mould, I was hoping to cast them in epoxy resin but don't know how that would work so thick.

I originally wanted to make a steel cutter so I could just press and cut them from clay. Still may try that but it would only be one or two tiles at a time. Tricky machining to. Time time time.