Originally Posted by Trainman2001:
After finishing the first big roof, I did one of the gable roofs. I needed a really sharp #11 blade to trim the valley shingles without tearing or dragging them.
The Rusty Stumps shingles are very nice; recently used several packs on a single building.
I use scalpels and small surgical scissors to cut mine. I also used 0.005 copper foil for flashing and aged that bright metal with washes of ammonium acetate in dilute acetic acid, 
