I picked up three log cabins this past Friday. Took the day off and the kids were in school, what better time to drive to the store in Dover Delaware from the Eastern Shore in Maryland when Ernesto is storming in on us. Glued real shingles on with liquid nails, filled the chimney with high density foam and silicone caulk, then painted the top black. Stained the entire cabin, caulked all openings and used some opaque plastic deviders from the kids extra school supplies for windows and to seal off the door. The cabins will sit on an upside-down shingle when in the GRR. I still need to pick up some LED’s for interior lighting, that comes next.
The two photos are at the bottom pf the page via the URL above.
I put copper roof flashing on mine. Cut up sections and “rolled” them through the “paper crinkler” from Michaels. Gobbed bunches of oil based stain on the wood, inside and outside, left the doors and windows open. Took about two months for the copper to weather over, at almost 4 months they are in the early stages of the “green patinia”.
Tom, that’s a good idea using copper for the roof. I was considering copper as well, but alreayd had the spare shingles sitting on my workbench from when I made my barn. Sounds like the green patina would look really nice!!
I must have done something right, my wife brought home a NEW A/C 40 foot steel box car with the NAPA Valley painted sides. Plus a HUGE freight loading dock building from some German company!!!
Tom,
The flashing you used, did it have the paper & tar backing? I bought mine a Leow’s.
I tried to peel the backing off of the cooper amd it didn’t work.
I crimped a piece and used it on a roof and the backing came loose.
I thought the glue I used released the backing so I crimped another section to see if it was the glue or not.
After crimping the piece I found the backing peeled off easily.
I used a piece of fine steel wool on the back of the copper to roughen the surface and glued it onto the model and it hasn’t come loose yet.
To add color to the cooper, clean and use a wash of Copper Sulfate before crimping and you should get a green finish, if my memory serves me right. Try it on a small piece of copper first.
Yes, the flashing had a tar paper & glue on the back side. After fighting the glue for an hour, the wife said to “set it in the sun for a while to warm up”. Did as she said and the stickey stuff just peeled off as simple as you please. Sliced up the rest of that roll of flashing, put it up on the roof of my metal starage shed, glue side up, went back a day or two later and the glue fell off as I picked up the flashing, well I did have to pull, but just a little.
Hi Tom, I always do as “her indoors” says, don’t we all [:D] I’ve had 44 years practice. She is one of the best though. after all she gave permission for the railroad [:)]