F4vrYoung Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Does any one know of a place to download printable shingles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmesue Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I don't know of a place to print shingles. I'm assuming however, that you'd like to make your own out of cardboard? If you were to cut out, a bunch of equal size rectangles, on cardstock, or heavy bristle board , and glue them in shingle manner, I see no reason, it wouldn't work. Remember to stagger them, and keep the same overlap. The size for rectangular shingles is 1 and 1/2 inch long by 3/4 inch wide. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 It depends on the scale you are after, Jim's printable at www.printmini.com has shingles sized fora dollhouse dollhouse so to speak Hugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 If they weren't so easy to make OR if I were working in a small scale the printie shingles would work as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrazelt Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 If this is for your Special House project, I think that you can make the proper shingles easily yourself. I use either sandpaper or craft paper and cut a strip of the width for the scale (1 inch for 1"=1'; 1/2 inch for 1/2"=1'; and so forth on down the scale. (By the way, rarely will this come out even with the paper you are using. Don't throw away the scrapped strips) I take the strips several at a time and use paper clamps (paperclips will work but not as well) to hold them as I uss scissors to cut slices about 3/4 way thru. This is a time you can sit back, watch TV and cut shingle strips. When you have enough, then you can start at the bottom of the roof. First, lay a strip of the discards from above (I told you not to throw them away) at the bottom of the roof. Next, run a line of glue just above them and one at the first line you should have drawn before this all started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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