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1000 bricks don't add up to much....


KH1

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blog-0800215001391894556.jpg.....not when they are 1:48 scale! I should have known this really from my adventures in building a real extension and the unfeasibly large quantity of bricks this too. Anyway I have some scale enough bricks now from a German company called Juweela who make an eclectic range of scenic products which are worth a look although getting hold of then is a bit of a challenge. Well I bought a bag of 1000 but now wish I had gone for the 4000 bag.

 

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These will be used for making jagged edges to the buildings walls and general debris. Talking of debris, I have made a start on the general clutter including a bed head frame which I am rather proud of. Found a pic of one for sale on Ebay, copied it and scaled it correctly then printed it out and used it as a template - 'simples' as a very annoying advert goes.

 

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Have also got a bit further with the road section. Very handy having it removable at this stage for scribing. I s made up from a piece of foam board that I attacked with one of the really scarey kitchen knives then covered with DAS. That was yesterday and still wasn't dry so half an hour on a radiator sorted it out.

 

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Also got around to a couple of little jobs like touching up the paint on the rails and building a buffer stop. I don't have a pic of these so here is a more general one, the hole is for a puddle which will go around the corner of the building.

 

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Just counting the bricks in that small panel behind the bed-head yields 20 rows of10 = 200 bricks, so you are going to need a lot to represent all the rubble! 

 

Of course, you will use modellers methods to simulate the depth of the heaps and just use the individual ones on the visible surfaces!  (won't you? :) )

 

Mike

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Actually,  I have worked out the percentage of brick that would have been displaced, not forgetting the mortar, and coupled this with the prevailing wind speed to work out the displacement, taking into account the flatulence from the horses tethered nearby and have worked out that I can do exactly what looks right!

This is the beauty of doing something with such variable evidence. I am thinking quite hard about what will look right and as long as I have a justification for it I am happy. One secret weapon I haven't unleashed yet though is the results of a fun session with my little girl (suitably gloved and goggled), smashing up plant pots with big hammers. If you are creating a First World War layout or not I can thoroughly recommend it!  

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 taking into account the flatulence from the horses tethered nearby and have worked out that I can do exactly what looks right!

 

Glad to see you have take account of all the factors - I wish the climate change predictors could do the same! That plant-pot session sounds great :)

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