For the roof of the grocery distribution warehouse I wanted to use a pattern printed on paper. I have had some good results in the past designing my own shingle roofs using Microsoft Visio and then printing them for house roofs. I had considered making a commercial type roll roof this way but then I found something easier that I thought looked really good.
For a fee of $1.99 I was able to download a PDF file of this roof and can print as many of these as I want. I got this from Team Track Models. Their web address is: teamtrackmodels.com They offer this and other types of roofing in several shades as well as paper buildings.
It took parts of 4 sheets of this printed roofing to cover the entire roof. Each piece was cut to fit it's location and a number was written both on the bottom of the roof material and on the roof of the building. The seams were arranged so that the patterns on the paper would match at the seams.
From my past experiences with paper roofs, I already knew not to use a more liquid type glues and used the same stick glue as I have had good results with before.
And here is the completed roof. Of course there will be some details added such as access points, vents, and air conditioning equipment.
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