Tile Floor

[martman]

Hey all I making a scale model gargage for a model display. I want to simulate a black and white or red checker tile floor. Any ideas of what to use.

Thanks,

Martman

[CAL]

Hey all I making a scale model gargage for a model display. I want to simulate a black and white or red checker tile floor. Any ideas of what to use.

Thanks,

Martman

Doll House Tiles. IIRC 1" scale.

[Aaronw]

I've seen wall paper used for linoleum, the right pattern would probably work for tile as well.

[george 53]

Ask Izzy, He's got a BEAUTIFULLY done floor in his "Photo Garage" Dio.Knowin him it's probly an airbrushed floor, all taped off, to make a checkerboard pattern.Looks perfect!THAT is the way a GREAT showfloor SHOULD look like!I love it!

[Harry P.]

I'd try thin sheet styrene, maybe 1/16" or so. Decide what size tile you want to recreate, and score the styrene with your X-acto, horizontally and vertically. Don't cut all the way through. Then just snap apart your "tiles", attach them with a loop of tape to some scrap cardboard and spray half of them one color and the other half the other color. Don't use the scored side as the "up" side because scoring the plastic will leave a slight raised edge. Use the other side as your finished side.

If you don't want to mess with actual separate tiles, an easy way to go is to use sheet styrene as the floor. Cover the "floor" with masking tape and lay out your tile grid. Use a straightedge and your X-acto to cut along all the grid lines. Then just remove every other piece of tape to reveal your "tiles", and spray the floor with your choice of color. Then remove the rest of the tape to reveal the white "tiles". You might want to give the whole floor a final coat of either gloss or flat clear (depending on what the effect you want to recreate is... dirty garage floor or shiny, "waxed" floor.

Edited September 17, 2008 by harrypri

[lordairgtar]

I'd try thin sheet styrene, maybe 1/16" or so. Decide what size tile you want to recreate, and score the styrene with your X-acto, horizontally and vertically. Don't cut all the way through. Then just snap apart your "tiles", attach them with a loop of tape to some scrap cardboard and spray half of them one color and the other half the other color. Don't use the scored side as the "up" side because scoring the plastic will leave a slight raised edge. Use the other side as your finished side.

hey hary, instead of snapping them apart, leave the scored lines as the actual tiles.

[Mr. Can Am Garage]

You mean like this?

Shelf paper. Got it at my local Dollar Emporium.

That being said, I prefer this

[robertw]

Mac-Tac or Shelf paper, as John calls it. I've picked up rolls with two different sized squares. The dollar style stores always seem to have the best variety of this material. You'll also find material that is supposed to resemble marble in several different colors. I've even cut this up into squares to create a high class marble style floor.

I've also used this stuff on many of my finished model shelves. It looks a lot classier then bare wood.

robw

[Harry P.]

The checkerboard shelf paper works great... if you can find a pattern that's the correct size to represent the tiles in scale. If you can't find the right size pattern (or the colors you want) you'll have to go the scrathbuilt route, either cutting individual tiles to get the most realistic floor possible (with real joints between the tiles), or by masking and painting a sheet of "floor" material.

[58 Impala]

I did a nice checker floor for my diorama. I used Excel on the computer and played around with the pixel size until I got as close to 1/2"x1/2" checkered pattern. Once I printed a couple of test copies, I put some gloss photo paper in my printer and it came out great. I flattened it in a book and then took some craft adhesive spray and laid it down. It came out perfect.

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

What's goin' on...

Plastruct styrene scratchbuilding supplies has exactly what you're looking for!!! As a matter of fact I just bought some this evening. I purposly used this large of a picture so you could see the details.