stevejjjexcov Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I have been trying to find a source of individual 4mm bricks. I know someone used to sell them but I cant remember his name! I think he was in a railway mag after he used individual yellow bricks on a 4mm building of Bath Green Park. I had some in a small pkt years ago but after two house moves they have gone awol can anyone help? I think the gentleman did,does demonstrate at shows thanks in advance Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Are you thinking of Allan Downes? And computer chads? I'd have thought that those were now a thing of the past? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevejjjexcov Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hi Jeff I don't think it was Allen Downs perhaps chads ain't everyone's cup of tea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt.Shefford Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hi Steve, Might these be what your thinking of? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/116/entry-2471-office-chimney/ Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevejjjexcov Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hi Steve, Might these be what your thinking of? Hi not the ones sorry the ones I,m after are heavy weight paper comptometer punched chads thanks anyway Steve http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/116/entry-2471-office-chimney/ Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I have a half finished building here, having run out several years ago, and not being able to find any since. Let's remember punch cards must be at least 20 years out of date, if not a lot more. Last time I saw a machine in use was in the RM Barracks in Plymouth, where I got my supply, and that was 32 years ago! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I saw punched cards in use as a work experience student in 1991 (used to program CNC machines) and even back then I was amazed that something so obsolete was still in use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevejjjexcov Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Thanks for the replies. I hoped someone would have a name oh well back to the drawing board. Think I will try to cut my own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted April 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2016 Thanks for the replies. I hoped someone would have a name oh well back to the drawing board. Think I will try to cut my own. Apologies if you already know this but if you do cut your own don't cut all the way through at the ends until you've finished the majority of the cutting. Then just nick the final end cuts. It prevents the strips curling up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Hi Jeff I don't think it was Allen Downs perhaps chads ain't everyone's cup of tea I think you've misunderstood me. When I said that computer chads were a thing of the past, I meant just that: you'll probably struggle to get any now? Unless you know a secret store? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevejjjexcov Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Sorry Jeff no offence intended and I wish I did have a secret store but alas no and I think you are right I am going to struggle to find any Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 In this day and age there are much better ways to model brickwork if I remember correctly computer chads were well over scale anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold unravelled Posted April 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2016 Assuming they are a standard size, what does a chad scale to for 4mm?. I would have thought that someone with a laser cutter, or perhaps silhouette cutter, could churn them out in quantity, either to a chad size, or something more accurate (and more fiddly). Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessfordalan Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Hi Steve, I seem to remember watching Bob Dawson demonstrating his building techniques at York show a number of years ago and he was making his own "computer" chads for brickwork using an [very] old bus ticket punch, post war /pre 1960. I am sure they would turn up at car boot sales etc. PS I am very old and can remember the bus conductors using them Alan in the sunny Outer Hebrides Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevejjjexcov Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Thanks Alan the name rings a bell. Now I will have to start a search for him thanks again Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich.B Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Sorry I've only just noticed this thread....Bob Dawson does sell the packs of individual bricks he uses...he can be found this weekend at scarborough & district model railway exhibition at pickering north Yorkshire....I've bought several bags of him and to me now its addictive lol...and you can't beat the end result for effectiveness. I'm afraid he doesn't use the Internet and email from what he said last time I spoke with him but here's a telephone number he can be contacted on...York 797156...you'll need to find the area code for York. ..hope this is of some use to you. Regards rich.b Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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