1/35 help.....

[Guest]

this is just a quick one. say i was wanting to make a 1/35 brick, yes a brick! how would i go about doing it.

would you get a brick that is the life size one. then divide each dimension by 35 to give you the real ones for a 1/35 version? but that cant be right.

any help?

[Guest]

If you google brick sizes Iain, you'll find them & can scale it down from there. Then cut some wood into the correct size so you have a wooden brick template. Attach this to a wire handle & use it to make impressions into something like plasticine. Pour plaster into the moulds & you have your bricks! Alternatively, go the easy route & buy ready-made ones from Plus Model or there's a few sellers on ebay-their stuff isn't exactly 1/35 but you'd never tell! The pain in the bum is scuffing them up if you're using them in a dio.

[John]

I've found a good scale calculator here Scale calculator

[Guest]

right, so say theres a brick thats.

210mm long

80mm high

and 120mm wide.

would you divide those numbers by 35 and it will give you the size of that brick, but in 1/35 scale?

iain

[Guest]

whay!!!

thats it. works mate, says if its 210mm long in 1/35 its 6mm.

super!

[Guest]

Blimey now that would be scratch building taken to another level , good luck with your project sniper ,

Richy

[Guest]

haha. im making a brick pile!

no, im gonna buy a wall section, from somewhere, possibly scratch build that from polystyrene, but the individual bricks are for rubble, and bit that have fallen off. i made a diorama a while back, but that sucked. cos i used styrene bricks, and STUPIDLY got polycement on it and they melted. i know. retarded..............

[Gern]

Hi Iain,

I've seen moulds for sections of wall on ebay - don't know if that will help.

I'm not trying to be picky, but how accurate do you want to be? Brick sizes in this country changed quite a few years ago so there are two possible sizes you may need.

The current size is 215 x 102.5 x 65 mm which scales to 6.1 x 2.9 x 1.9 mm

The old imperial sizes were 8.5 x 4 x 2.5 inches which scales to 6.2 x 2.9 x 1.8 mm so there aren't huge differences.

Your method of finding the scale is correct. Divide the real size by the scale and you'll get the scale size.

Hope this helps.

Gern

PS Is this equivalent to 'rivet counting'? lol

[stona]

Blimey Gern,can I borrow your glasses? if anyone can spot a difference of 0.1 mm in a brick in a pile of rubble I take my hat off to them. lol!

Spot on scale advice though.

Cheers

Steve

[Gern]

I share your point Steve - that's far too small a difference for me to cope with. But I ain't gonna be makin' 'em! It's poor Iain who needs to decide how accurate he wants to be! LOL

I agree no-one will notice any differences in a pile of bricks and rubble but Iain may have a problem if he is trying to match in with any existing stuff.

I'm waffling again! I'm gonna go get myself a cuppa.

Gern

[Guest]

There is a modellers mantra used on here. Make it look right. Doesn't matter if it is not to the nearest 1/1000 of an inch so long as it looks right.

[Guest]

There is a modellers mantra used on here. Make it look right. Doesn't matter if it is not to the nearest 1/1000 of an inch so long as it looks right.

Hi Graham

"Make it look right. Doesn't matter" and if you make a mistake i.e. "drop a brick" at least it won't hurt! LOL

peter

[Gern]

Have you got a coat Peter?

Gern

[Guest]

:laughing:

[spanner570]

No offence fellas, all great ideas but a lot of faffing around.

Buy a box of matches, cut them to the scale length then paint, job done! By the time they are covered in rubble and general debris no one will notice perhaps any slight deviation from scale.

Consider ths for the melting pot men, most bricks would be hand made in the late 18, early 1900s, when the houses might have been built so there would be a difference in size brick to brick anyway!!!!!

I'll have a drink, then get me coat!!

Cheers,

Ron