Haggerleases Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Hi all. I know this stuff is like the proverbial rocking horse poo to get hold of, but does anyone have a sheet of either of these two ('smokey brick', and 'random stone') that they can scan and send as a file? I know reproduction of colour is difficult, as is finding the right paper, but I am willing to try, and if necessary accept the results, or even attempt to reproduce them from scratch. I have access to some very high end facilities through work. Can anyone assist? I'm guessing copyright no longer an issue? Failing that, does anyone know of a close modern substitute? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Be interesting if anyone has,i used loads of Merco smokey brick in the 1960s.Iy was overscale but looked great.It was printed on a dark greyish brown paper which gave it its background colour,They also supplied brick arche retaing wall as well,that would be nice to see again. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 I've been making a load of buildings using Scalescenes. https://scalescenes.com/ There are lots of different building kits that are downloadable as PDF. Also papers of various types (brick, stone etc.) in the scratchbuilding section. You do need a decent printer. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggerleases Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) I love a challenge...Hmm, the holy grail of brick papers lol. Surely it's not beyond the wit of man to reproduce this stuff. Someone produced it once, and with a great deal less tech than we have now. Edited September 3, 2021 by Haggerleases Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted September 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2021 Merco brick paper.pdf I hope the attached is useful. Scanned from a sample of Merco brick paper sent to me by none other than the late Rev Peter Denny 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Thanks for that scan.Here it is ,converted to jpeg and adjusted in photoshop.Brings back memories.Now if any one has a scan of the brick arches which came in a 20 inch strip,my cup would runneth over!.It comes out a bit lighter on print out using a Canon MX495 and Canon inks. Ray. Edited September 3, 2021 by sagaguy Extra information. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I uploaded the as scanned version by mistake,this is nearer as my memory serves me. Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 A4 print if you want to try it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggerleases Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 Ask and ye shall receive! Thanks chaps, something to play with! Nice one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted September 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2021 @sagaguy your darker image matches my sample. However Merco did produce a dark and a light version of this brick paper, and your lighter image is very close to my memory of Merco's lighter version. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 These are Jpeg images which can be downloaded to a good photo editing program such as Photoshop and the colours, brightness etc.and lightened or darkened to your requirements. The original paper was a darkish grey akin to a rag paper which gave the print a darkish colour. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggerleases Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 Anyone got a sample of the random stone paper they could upload now we're on a roll? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinRS Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Just thought I would upload the (now missing) Merco brick paper posted on 3 September 2011. Enjoy. Jpegs to follow. Merco brick paper.pdf 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinRS Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Here are the jpeg-png versions of the lost Merco brick papers uploaded a year or so ago plus a few others. I did play around with the original files. Please don't be misled by the file names as I was just testing some ideas ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinRS Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Just one more file as my upload was limited tp 10 MB 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinRS Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I would like to thank Colin McLeod for the original files. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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