Nice work! I have to say I was most impressed by the bricks you showed at the start of the video that were made of egg carton stock. Most realistic representation of bricks I have seen!
I have the kind of obsessive mind that likes those repetitive tasks - a more sensible person could use brick paper or plastic brick sheet. I’m planning a project that needs rough-looking brickwork, so this is the technique I’ll be using if I don’t go insane halfway through.
Well, yes and no to your efforts. The colouring and finished appearance is good, except that it appears your brickwork is all half-bonded. That has been used for about 70 years in housebuilding - yet most railside b/w is in fact quite different. Most everything pre-WW2 is based on quarter-bonded brickwork. English bond is strongest and involves every alternate course being headers, with a course of stretchers as the other half. Quarter bond is achieved by using 'closers' or quarter bricks in the ends of the wall. Here's a site that shows a few of the commoner bonds www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Types_of_brick_bonding
Yes, it's a repetative task that pushes the boundaries of sanity beyond measure. However, the results are well worth the effort. I had a few issues with paper-coated board, I have since been using dence extruded polystyrene, it's a superb modelling materiel that can be easily engraved with stunning results and far more realistic than printed paper or plastic brick sheets, with the exception of Redutex. For retaining walls, bridge abbutments, platform edging beit in stone and/or brick it's the 'mutts nuts'. I wouldn't use it for N scale as you will most certainly be driven to the funny farm...! Though investmenting in a 'proxon' hot wire cutter is highly recommended, so as to accurately cut the sheet to the dimensions required
Nice work! I have to say I was most impressed by the bricks you showed at the start of the video that were made of egg carton stock. Most realistic representation of bricks I have seen!
Looks good. Going to try and scratchbuild a number of buildings on my layout. Might try this method. Great colours.
Looking great, if time consuming!
I have the kind of obsessive mind that likes those repetitive tasks - a more sensible person could use brick paper or plastic brick sheet. I’m planning a project that needs rough-looking brickwork, so this is the technique I’ll be using if I don’t go insane halfway through.
Well, yes and no to your efforts. The colouring and finished appearance is good, except that it appears your brickwork is all half-bonded. That has been used for about 70 years in housebuilding - yet most railside b/w is in fact quite different. Most everything pre-WW2 is based on quarter-bonded brickwork. English bond is strongest and involves every alternate course being headers, with a course of stretchers as the other half. Quarter bond is achieved by using 'closers' or quarter bricks in the ends of the wall. Here's a site that shows a few of the commoner bonds www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Types_of_brick_bonding
Yes, it's a repetative task that pushes the boundaries of sanity beyond measure.
However, the results are well worth the effort. I had a few issues with paper-coated board, I have since been using dence extruded polystyrene, it's a superb modelling materiel that can be easily engraved with stunning results and far more realistic than printed paper or plastic brick sheets, with the exception of Redutex.
For retaining walls, bridge abbutments, platform edging beit in stone and/or brick it's the 'mutts nuts'. I wouldn't use it for N scale as you will most certainly be driven to the funny farm...!
Though investmenting in a 'proxon' hot wire cutter is highly recommended, so as to accurately cut the sheet to the dimensions required