"Anyone Sell LOOSE BRICKS In 1/72 Or HO Scale?" Topic

I want to make my own rubble piles next to 1/72 Imex walls I bought:

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Having ruined walls with no rubble next to them (either or both sides of the collapse) seems a bit silly to me.

Know of anyone that sells LOSE bricks that size?

Thanks.

CC

Not sure about loose bricks but IIRC Linka used to sell moulds for plaster casting brick walls you might try them. Actually the cheapest and simplest solution would be balsa.

This the sort of thing you are after?

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1/72 is 3.5mm to the foot, making loose bricks about 1 3/4mm long.

There's got to be some kind of sprue, plastic rod or card you can chop up for that. I don't think you can get that fine with balsa.

1.75mm long? Maybe if I find a rod 1.75mm by 1mm.

Thanks.

CC

Someone posted about this a while back with a brilliant idea. Apparently, a standard piece of equipment for people in the scrapbooking hobby is a sort of hole-punch that punches rectangular (brick-shaped) holes instead of circular ones. I've found such punches in the local Michael's Craft store. The idea is that you then get some of this thin foam sheeting (also available at Michael's) in a nice red-brown color (brick color) and then punch out all the bricks you need. I had suggested that if you slapped some white paint on the foam before punching it might even look like mortar still clinging to the brick.

I hav some from Pegasus Models…you get a respectable amount for the size.

M1Fanboy,

Pegasus Models makes LOSE bricks for 1/72?

I've never seen any.

CC

Scottswashburn,

Is this it? If so, it seem great for 28mm figures:

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I guess that if I go back and cut the bricks down further (thirds), I might get something that could work with 1/72 or HO, right?

CC

Hirst Arts sells a small brick mold #250 link for making less than 25mm walls or other brick items. $29 USD

Scott Washburn's idea is excellent. I just ran a sheet of foam cut into strips through my comb binder and it works great!

There are some great ideas – I must remember to try the hole punch idea.

personally, up till now, I've used 1:35 ceramic scale bricks from Construction battalion, available at Squadron. I just bought a hundred bucks worth last week. Here's how I've used them in the past in 1:72/6 games:

picture (painted here and dry brushed – they can be glued with white glue very easily to styrofoam as they are here.

Sometimes, I use them for basing material:

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Most of the time, I use them for rubble or fill:

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A similar set up: picture

Here they were dumped in a hurry to represent a bombed rail line the Germans had to clear and repair: picture

If you want smaller, they cut easily with a hobby knife.

The Squadron pages are:

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The above two are available and are the same size as the ones in my pictures above. There is other stuff – go to Squadron.com and search for "Construction Battalion". Take careful note of the scales. As I said the above are all 1:35, but they work for me.

Waco Joe,

I thought about Hirst, but I want the versatility of arranging the bricks my way, keeping them from looking too "uniform".

Someone suggested Linka, but I didn't follow that lead for the very same reasons:

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CC

Ditto Bird,

"If you want smaller, they cut easily with a hobby knife."

I hope you're right. I just ordered this set:

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Thanks!

CC

Let me know how they worked out for you, CC.
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Tim

Tim,

Will do. Thanks again for the suggestion.

Dan

I have bought several wall sections from Litko which had numerous indiviual bricks. So you check and see if they have packs of just bricks.

The small brick mold from Hirstarts does have some individual bricks. May be too big for your purposes. I'd offer to send you a few to check out, but we are a cat-heavy household, and I seem to recall you're ferociously allergic to cats. Perhaps someone else in a pet free household has a mold and can spare a few bricks?

Neothacha,

Thanks so much for remembering that. My allergies to cat hair seem to be getting worse the older I get.

I appreciate the thought though.

CC

Another set of options:

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CC

Heres my source of bricks, home made as it were from card stock or from foam sheet, giving really nice bricks you can mass produce in a short time.
Cutting the bricks in 3rds would probably give you decent sized bricks. Every country seems to have their own standard based on tradition or whats handy at the moment of making. Adobe, clay and fired brick, or concret cinder block bricks. As long as it looks good next to your figures I would be happy with it.

Links to my brick making and uses :

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"Whats the average size of a red house brick?
Brick sizes vary depending on the country, the manufacturer and the purpose for which they are intended.
In the United States, modern bricks are usually about 8 × 4 × 2.25 inches (203 × 102 × 57 mm).
In the United Kingdom, the usual ("work") size of a modern brick is 215 × 102.5 × 65 mm (about 8.5 × 4 × 2.5 inches)"
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I didn't even realize that there is a difference between the size of bricks in the US and the size of those in the UK.

Of course, in 1/72, HO or even 15mm, the US/UK differences would be inconsequential.

Dan

I purchased red bricks from this guy in England. The bricks are made from a very soft material that is very easy to work with.

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King Monkey,

I finally placed my order for the 1/72 scale Juweela mixed bricks you recommended.

Manufacturer: Juweela
Code: 27040
Name: 1/72 Red Brick Mix 2000
Price: £7.50 GBP
Description:
Pack of 2000 mixed red brick pack.
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I hope they deliver to the US. Fingers crossed.

Thanks so, so much for the suggestion and links.

Dan

Dan,

Thanks for posting the link Lonewulf – please let us know if you have any shipping issues…

If you do not – I will be placing an order myself.

Art

Art,

I haven't heard back from them, nor from one other Juweela distributor in the UK:

retrokit.net/100.html

Maybe I should give both of them a few more days to reply while, at the same time, I consider other options:

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Either way, I'll let you know what happens.

Dan

Here's where that "who sells" thread is now:

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Dan

Guess what guys?

I got my Juweela bricks:

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They are absolutely awesome!

Dan

Guys, buy the way, I've just found that this UK seller has bricks for 1/72:

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They don't seem to be associated with Juweela.

Now THIS is what I call dedication . . .

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Dan