There’s enough flexibility in this system that even multiple
curved surfaces, such as the ends of the passenger car roof,
can have simulated tar paper applied successfully [11]. It
doesn’t matter if the tissue isn’t completely smooth or the
paint coat is likewise less than pristine because a tar paper roof
on a piece of logging equipment was not necessarily a thing
of beauty. They’d slap it down, add the tar coat and be done
with it. After the final paint dried, I went back and trimmed
the edges, but not too carefully, and did touch-up with a fine
brush, using either the body or roof color as appropriate.
Cupola braces made from .015” brass wire were added to each
top outside corner of the cupola end walls and installed in
holes drilled in the roof to produce about a 45-degree slant in
the wires. Close is good enough for this.
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11. The tissue/tar paper is flexible enough that it easily
conforms to many multiple-curve surfaces such as this
roof end and corner. If it’s wrinkled a bit, that’s fine,
the roof on a piece of logging equipment was seldom a
cosmetic prizewinner.
