This method works fine, both with Wickes slate floor tiles and the slate place mats sold by The Range. I tried both when I completely ran out of my stock acquired from North Wales.JCSteam:119588 wrote:It did work thank you, it would take many evenings to split enough tiles to fill a long rake of them, but looks very realistic. Does it have to be floor tiles, or could you use roofing tiles?? I have access to quiet a few of them ย :)
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I'll start gathering some waste slates from work and have a go spliting them
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If you're looking for tiles for buildings, I's suggext you looked at this: http://www.richardstacey.com/rooftile.html#rooftiles - they do all sorts!
Yep ive got some of those, postage mark on the box is 2010 Has it really been that long since I was last doing railways
I have a ready supply of slate tiles from work, (work for a roofing company) so id rather have them free if possible and save what I can for a steam loco
I have a ready supply of slate tiles from work, (work for a roofing company) so id rather have them free if possible and save what I can for a steam loco
Jon
Have fun steaming
Now put the kettle on....sit back and browse my webpage http://fwpl.webs.com/
Have fun steaming
Now put the kettle on....sit back and browse my webpage http://fwpl.webs.com/
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Thanks Brian, nice site.MDLR wrote: โSun Aug 21, 2016 10:58 pm If you're looking for tiles for buildings, I's suggext you looked at this: http://www.richardstacey.com/rooftile.html#rooftiles - they do all sorts!
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