BUILDING MATERIALS

[SMurF]

Today I had a thought about how expensive the plastic wall cladding was getting whilst covering my sheds (I'm still doing a bit evrery now and then)

I had 1 piece of cladding left and didn't want to spend another god knows how more 6 quid per sheet to complete the project

So I sent mrs smurf off to staples armed with the last bit of cladding to see if they would be able to photo copy it for me and the end result is brilliant exept that you don't get the texture. It looks just the same and all for 29p per A4 sheet.

I have tried scanning it in the past but it took too much ink to reproduce due to it all being red.

Shall probably be bending some sort of copyright but at 29p I shall take my chances

[FB]

interesting!!!

any pics you can post up Smurfy ???

[Deere-est]

I'd like to see as well, best to email us rather than post I reckon though you gert fraudster!! 

[SMurF]

Here is a sweetner  What do you think \

Doesn't look too bad

I'm now working on a print out for roofing tiles

Thanks ben for your assistance

[Akey]

That looks very fine! .......damn good brickie's! 

Mebbe some weathering?

[SMurF]

That looks very fine! .......damn good brickie's! 

Mebbe some weathering?

Might be a bit difficult to weather it As it is photocopied paper and colouring in individual bricks with a pencil would take an eternity

[SMurF]

See if you could make anything of this \

[Akey]

Here's a quickie

[Akey]

And another

[Lady Ferguson]

They work fine, don't they... hmmm best get work with my copier then

[Tractorman810]

hmm best save those for something i have planned i recon

[Jez]

I'm not criticising but they do look like the bricks are placed ontop of each other with no cement.

It is an excellent idea though and the modified ones look brilliant!! 

[Akey]

>>I'm not criticising but they do look like the bricks are placed ontop of each other with no cement.<<

That is 'cos, the joints are raked out, meaning the actual mortar is some 3/8ths recessed behind the brick face

Normally used on "posh" buildings/offices etc

[SMurF]

They are actually roof tiles ;D

Played arround with paint a bit to see if it would work

[SMurF]

How does this look \

Concrete blocks

[Akey]

Real bricks! 

[SMurF]

They where before I had to play about with them

With your picture see if you can make a wall the size of an A4 sheet of paper \

[Akey]

>>With your picture see if you can make a wall the size of an A4 sheet of paper <<

I'm sure you can do it!...............that pix is 300 pixel wide, A4 in landscape is approx 1104p wide by 748p high.........just make a new blank image that size, copy the pix, and paste it a few times, to fill up your blank image

Me, i'm of to supper!

[SMurF]

I've tried it in the past and it comes out looking like a repetitive block of squares

and the origonal picture needs to be exactly level or else you can't get the brick courses to align

[Kris]

carefull though because n that picture the bricks run down to one side so this woul happen all along

[SMurF]

Just tried it and it isn't levell and gets too repetative with the patern and the courses run out and into each other

[rich.new holland]

how high is 4 rows of concrete blocks  \  are they the same height as the front wheel of a jd 6920s  \ 

as i made some on paint and 4 rows is the same height as my jd 6920 is that right  \

[SMurF]

4 rows should equate to 36 inches wich scales to aprox 30mm in size or 1 and 1/8 of an inch

did you try and just load the blocks I posted straight into paint \

[rich.new holland]

no i just drew out some black lines and painted inside grey but i didnt take any measurements just printed it out 

[SMurF]

no i just drew out some black lines and painted inside grey but i didnt take any measurements just printed it out 

Give the picture i did a try and see what you think

[Jez]

I was looking through a catalogue yesterday from a place called Hawkins Bazaar.

They have sets of real ceramic bricks and mortar that you mix to build buildings and walls etc. I dont know how big they are but they maybe of use to someone here to try. The link is:

http://www.hawkin.com/rkmain.asp?PAGEID=20670&STK_PROD_CODE=06545

Hope it works.

Jez