07-09-2009, 10:45 AM
A good trick to remember for doing the corners, Gary. 
From my recollections, the smaller bricks are the H&R ones. In my opinion, it would probably look better with the larger bricks for the foundation, although not necessarily.
While many "structural" bricks were oversize, the same could be said for ornamental types, too. Colouring can play a big part in making this look "right". Depending on how much of the foundation will show on the "public" side of the building, you could probably get away with using the H&R bricks for the foundation if they were at least a slightly different colour - around here, bricks used as part of a support structure are usually very plain-looking - all the same colour, usually a very bland shade of brick red. You might try adding a stone or concrete sill between the two types of brick, too - a simple strip of styrene, scribed if it's meant to represent stone, should do the trick.
Another way to de-emphasise the difference in brick sizes is to use a mortar colour that is fairly similar to the colour of the brick, especially for the foundation. I know that this sorta defeats the purpose of using brick as far as the detail and relief is concerned, but some weathering should still allow the detail to "pop" sufficiently.
Wayne
From my recollections, the smaller bricks are the H&R ones. In my opinion, it would probably look better with the larger bricks for the foundation, although not necessarily.
While many "structural" bricks were oversize, the same could be said for ornamental types, too. Colouring can play a big part in making this look "right". Depending on how much of the foundation will show on the "public" side of the building, you could probably get away with using the H&R bricks for the foundation if they were at least a slightly different colour - around here, bricks used as part of a support structure are usually very plain-looking - all the same colour, usually a very bland shade of brick red. You might try adding a stone or concrete sill between the two types of brick, too - a simple strip of styrene, scribed if it's meant to represent stone, should do the trick. Another way to de-emphasise the difference in brick sizes is to use a mortar colour that is fairly similar to the colour of the brick, especially for the foundation. I know that this sorta defeats the purpose of using brick as far as the detail and relief is concerned, but some weathering should still allow the detail to "pop" sufficiently.
Wayne