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Posted - 08/18/2020 : 12:45:14 PM
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BigLars
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Posted - 08/18/2020 : 9:44:29 PM
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Thank you LarryC, Michael, Cody, Frank, Rick, Jerry, and Philip. Every wonder what 5,00 broken 1/48 bricks looks like? Not even a full Spice jar. I guess I need a lot more for the destroyed town module.

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jbvb
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Posted - 08/19/2020 : 08:38:37 AM
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Wow!
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Bill Gill
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Posted - 08/19/2020 : 3:50:24 PM
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Maybe you can smash and screen part of a real brick for some additional rubble.
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BigLars
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Posted - 08/19/2020 : 7:52:57 PM
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quote: Originally posted by Bill Gill
Maybe you can smash and screen part of a real brick for some additional rubble.
Sure, now you suggest that!  It's all just practice.
James, that is what I thought.
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Bill Gill
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Posted - 08/19/2020 : 8:09:37 PM
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"Sure, now you suggest that!" Big Lars You should hear the list of ideas I come up with for my own projects AFTER they're 'done' :) but you can still used the screened real brick for the bottom layer(s) and sprinkle your bricks on top and maybe not have to cast another complete batch...
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BigLars
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Posted - 08/19/2020 : 8:38:11 PM
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quote: Originally posted by Bill Gill
"Sure, now you suggest that!" Big Lars You should hear the list of ideas I come up with for my own projects AFTER they're 'done' :) but you can still used the screened real brick for the bottom layer(s) and sprinkle your bricks on top and maybe not have to cast another complete batch...
Bill, I will give it a try, I still will need more castings. I have a few thousand more made in different colors. The process does not take long other than the time to dry. I can make 500 hundred in a batch.
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Philip
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Posted - 08/19/2020 : 9:09:06 PM
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Are you painting those bricks? looks terrific!
Philip
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Posted - 08/19/2020 : 9:49:02 PM
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Good time to take up drinking. Or maybe MORE drinking!!!
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BigLars
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Posted - 08/19/2020 : 9:58:28 PM
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quote: Originally posted by Philip
Are you painting those bricks? looks terrific!
Philip
I added craft paint to the plaster on this lot. It was suggested I put mortar on them. I am going to try to spray the mold with grey paint, let it dry and then add colored plaster next. I have to keep experimenting.
quote: Originally posted by brucet
Good time to take up drinking. Or maybe MORE drinking!!!
Way too late...
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Bill Gill
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Posted - 08/20/2020 : 07:21:47 AM
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Wonder if for the mortar you could put a (test) batch of bricks in a small jar and add a tiny sprinkle of a dry gray tile grout. Shake the jar gently to get some of the dry grout powder to cling to parts of the bricks, pour them out on a nonporous surface and gently mist with water to set the grout?
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Philip
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Posted - 08/20/2020 : 10:23:01 AM
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As Bill suggested screening brick is a great idea. I can send you a piece of soft red brick that was made in the good ole days. It is almost like chalk but a bit harder and was laid with soft mortar. Not sure, it may have been a fire brick.....
Philip
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BigLars
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Posted - 08/22/2020 : 3:42:10 PM
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Thanks all for the suggestions and support.
I also had this one emailed to me.
Larry, I don’t think when you got the “tour” of the railroad, I stopped at any of the buildings where I laid up either stone or brick facades. I saw on the latest posting that the subject of mortar came up. Go to your favorite big box store and go to the ceramic tile section, they have containers of a latex type grout that works very well. It comes premixed and various sizes, the smallest container should do you. I spread a bit of it on the backing wall with a 3/16” wide blade and on the ends just like laying real brick. You can usually do a few rows at a time then you need to let it set up. You might want to draw a few parallel lines as a guide to try and keep things somewhat level. Also, don’t forget you need lintels over the doors and windows. I don’t know what you used to make them but a pair of ceramic tile “nippers” are good for cutting them. Best wishes, stay healthy, stay safe and hopefully will see you on Zoom Sept. 12th Steve
I will try out the suggestions soon.
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BigLars
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Posted - 08/23/2020 : 12:38:23 PM
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I just acquired this Baldwin 4-6-0 from Greece. I hope it makes it safely. It will require a new stack and a couple of other small details to make it all work out. It was built from a Wrightlines white metal kit which are extremely hard to track down.

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Philip
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Posted - 08/23/2020 : 1:28:39 PM
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