RobClogs Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 As a satisfied customer I was about to donate a small sum to paperbrick.co.uk this afternoon, only to find that the very useful website is not accessible, displaying an 'Account suspended' notice instead. Does anybody know whether the site owner is planning a return? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crompton 33 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Hi. I remember the owner passing away a year or more ago . There was talk the site was going to be taken over by his son. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted September 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2015 What a great shame. I have used the site a number of times for various brick buildings when I have wanted something different from what the main texture sites offer. I have made donations in the past but it seems as though not many others have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4Boy Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I used that site before and it went down as Rowley pointed out, when the owner passed. It did come back though so It may yet return I have since found the source program that he used to create this website, but I dare not post any links for fear of offending AndyY. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crompton 33 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Hi rob .I take it you have seen these . http://wordsworthmodelrailway.co.uk/brickpaper.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobClogs Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 ... I take it you have seen these . http://wordsworthmodelrailway.co.uk/brickpaper.html Thank you, yes, I've seen those. Their stuff looks fine, but they are offering it for 4mm scale. I'm not sure how well their graphics would scale up to 7mm/ft. By the way, I was lucky enough to obtain a pdf file of one of the patterns I needed (in yellow brick) a couple of weeks ago from the Paperbricks site, before they went into hibernation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
14Steve14 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Try again. It seems to be running properly today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobClogs Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) The site is back indeed. Thank you for checking. I donated one pound for every pdf I generated (single figures, don't worry). This might keep the excellent service going. Edited September 17, 2015 by RobClogs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted September 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2015 I too have now donated but how do I log-in so that I can print arched bricks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I had the same problem,i did email the owner in late August after donating but got no reply. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campaman Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) There is a program called BrickArch that I found on one of the model railway club sites, although I can't remember where and not managed to find it by googling. It was a free download that lets you print out pages of bricks in different bonds, and also pages of brick arches. I won't add it here as its not my program but as it was free if any one wants a copy drop me a pm with your email address. Unless someone can find the site in the meantime Edited as I have found the site: http://www.bwwmrc.co.uk/bricks/ Edited October 8, 2015 by Campaman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted October 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2015 Thanks for the arch site. I too emailed Paperbrick but no reply either. Shame really as it's a useful site for custom brick-paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I did download the arched brick programme but Windows 8.1 wouldn`t let me open it declaring that it was an unsafe programme.Perhaps an opening for Mr.Wiffen of scalescenes here!.How do other modellers model the brick arch on bridges & tunnel mouths?. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campaman Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 You can just tell windows 8.1 to run it anyway from the message that pops up. I have been using it for years on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and now Windows 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainmaster247 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Seems like a good site but buttons don't work on an iPad does anyone recommend anything? Should I try a different browser or something different entirely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junctionmad Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 To resurrect an old thread ,r it’s seems currently paperbrick.co.uk site doesn’t generate PDFs anymore and the mailbox is full , suggesting that no one is at the other end Pity That , good site , looks zombie now Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinRS Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I visited the site couple of months ago with the intention of making a donation. The site was still up but is not generating pdf files. I found the same thing today. I did create and download lots of files in 2017, but never got round to making anything with them. I still have the files. I am sure many other files are out there on peoples' hard disks. How about sharing them in the cloud ? It does say on the generated pdf files, 'You are free to use this file for any use', so I assume that includes permission to upload and share the files. Once Christmas and the New Year are over I shall sort out some cloud space and upload a few files. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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