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Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - torikoos - 08-05-2014 They look very convincing to me Jonte. Nice work. Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - jonte - 08-06-2014 That's reassuring, Koos, thank you. Perhaps when it's painted up what little detail there is will become more apparent. As always,thanks for your interest. jonte Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - faraway - 08-06-2014 jonte Wrote:Incidentally, here are the brick sheets I made mention of [ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND] Made by the UK company, Wills,...Jonte, the UK ebay has some different brick sheets made by Wills. What is the part# of your sheets (e.g. SSMP.... ) ? Your photo: This is an example http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SSMP226-OO-HO-Gauge-Brickwork-Flemish-Bond-/251570345536?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a92c2d640 or this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SSMP212-Wills-Kit-OO-HO-Gauge-Brickwork-Plain-Bond-/251571156452?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a92cf35e4 found on UK ebay. Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - jonte - 08-06-2014 Hi Reinhard, According to the packet it came in, it's listed as.......Plain Bond brickwork.....# SSMP 212. The piece in the picture was a leftover from a Wills' bridge kit that eventually fell to pieces as I wasn't good at glueing stuff together at the time! This is listed as English Bond #SSMP 227. The main advantage of Wills' embossed card is that it doesn't require reinforcing by glueing to a plain piece of plasticard like many others which pretty much dispenses with the risk of warping. However, it's rigidity creates its own problems, mainly by being difficult to cut so call to your local tool hire shop and hire a grinder on your way home It's also slightly overscale for HO - some have mooted that it's more suitable to 'S' scale - but if you don't tell anybody, I won't! I think it's ideal though for the slightly care worn look I'm after with this building, especially the technique I'm using. Good luck! jonte Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - jonte - 08-06-2014 It stopped raining this morning - briefly - so I popped outside and tried again to photograph the gates in an attempt to show a little more detail. They're merely a friction fit for purposes of the photo. jonte Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - faraway - 08-06-2014 jonte Wrote:...Plain Bond brickwork.....# SSMP 212.English Bond #SSMP 227....Thank you, an ebay order for both numbers has been placed a minute ago. The brick pattern looks irregular. They might be a good base for a run down wall. Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - jonte - 08-06-2014 Excellent! I could be wrong, here Reinhard, but I'm sure I once read that Iain Rice - renowned UK railway modeller and author who also delved into Railroading in latter years and had articles published in several North American publications - designed the templates for the Wills embossed sheets. jonte Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - shortliner - 08-06-2014 jonte Wrote:Hi. Jonte - ask and you will be pointed to them! - you'll find them about halfway down this page <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.vectorcut.com/accessoriesHO.htm">http://www.vectorcut.com/accessoriesHO.htm</a><!-- m --> and donuts for your cops! Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - Rscott417 - 08-06-2014 great link shortliner, i think i'll need to pick up some of those sewer caps Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - shortliner - 08-06-2014 Yup - there is some great stuff on there - I could spend a fortune but SWMBO would probably kill me! Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - jonte - 08-06-2014 Your depth of knowledge, Jack, never fails to amaze me How do you know all this stuff They make mine look really rubbish :cry: Nice fire escapes too. Thanks for your interest, Jack. jonte Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - shortliner - 08-06-2014 jonte Wrote:Your depth of knowledge, Jack, never fails to amaze me How do you know all this stuff Its 'cos I'm not allowed to hang about on street corners any more, whistling at the Girls - so I spend my time digging around on the internet instead! Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - torikoos - 08-06-2014 I had found them quite some time ago myself. I have decided for now I don't need those details, because if I do, the sky's the limit and I won't know where to stop :-) Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - jonte - 08-07-2014 torikoos Wrote:I had found them quite some time ago myself. Hear, hear Koos! And if you don't mind, I'm going to use that as an excuse for sticking to my cobbled together jobbies Regards, jonte Re: Newbie - District 22 - Downtown L.A. (A table top railwa - jonte - 08-07-2014 Those brick protectors are quite awful and just have to go. Wouldn't mind but they're Evergreen or Plastruct 'L' shapes which cost an arm and a leg, and they're so fine you can barely see them without your bins on, but the photos make them look like they're almost a scale foot thick "Pass me my scalpel, please, Nurse." jonte |