peak experience Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Hi all, I'm making the switch from OO to TT3 and TT120. I'm used to modelling in plasticard/plastic strip. For those of you who scratch build buildings, which I'm guessing would be a fair few in these scales, could anyone suggest where I could get embossed brick plastic sheets from please? I've found that Slaters do a 1.100 Flemish Bond A4 sized sheet, but I wondered if there were other options with different bonding patterns, in particular, Running Bond. Any help is greatly appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak experience Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 is everyone using 2D printed brick paper then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelE Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Auhagen offers several plastic brick pattern sheets. Check at the Auhagen site, or your favorite online dealer. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, peak experience said: Is everyone using 2D printed brick paper then? Possibly. If you're modelling UK brickwork, Flemish, garden, common or whatever bond, depending when the wall was built, so will the depth of the mortar joint vary. Only in recent times has it become trendy to have deeply recessed joints (saves mortar but exposes more brick to weathering and potential frost damage) whereas the joints would have been flush or recessed to 1/2" (about 0.15mm @ 4mm scale) and can't really be seen when viewed from 2' (600mm). I find the plasticard offerings are recessed too much even for 4mm scales. Just my tuppence worth. Cheers, Philip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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