Back in May of this year I enquired of Diorama Debris if they did moulds for 1:12 scale bricks,
I was told not at this time.
This week I got an email from Louise basically saying "ready soon"
Quote
"I thought I would send you some pictures of the 1:12 scale brick mould you
were interested in and some bricks cast with it. This mould should be
available to buy on our website soon.
The bricks are based on a UK Standard Imperial size brick. The actual bricks
we copied were circa 1950.
The bricks in the photo are straight from the mould so look like new bricks
with sharp edges. Shaking them in a container would soften the edges giving
them an aged look. These were cast using a standard plaster mix, if you make
the plaster/cement mix dry and push it into the mould you can achieve a more
hand made brick look.
I would be interested to know what you think.
Kind regards
Louise "Unquote
I replied asking about the frog ( inset), asking if it was square or beveled
Today I got another email, saying "on our website now!
"Hi Don
Glad you like the bricks.
The sides of the frogs (insets) are at an angle of 22.5 degrees off
vertical, the sides of the bricks are of course square. There should be no
problems removing the bricks from the mould.
I have attached a couple more photos of the mould and bricks.
Please share the photos on the forums if you want to.
The brick mould is now available to buy on our website.
If you need any more information please let me know.
PS, the gap for the mortar between each brick would be 1mm.
Kind regards
Louise Norris
this is their photos
Quick response from a manufacturer, I thought
http://www.dioramadebris.co.uk/112-scale-moulds-20-c.asp
will be ordering come Monday
Specification from their website
Specifications:
•Bricks per casting: 49
•Approximate brick size: L 18 mm x W 8.5 mm x H 5.33 mm.
We recommend:
•Good quality hard castings plaster or a fast setting cement if the bricks are to be used outside.
•Powder pigments to colour the plaster rather than painting the cast bricks.
Dont know if I have posted this structure on here before.
would be quite a challenge for any brick afficionados we might know.
but I just took some more pics of close up details of arches etc
with its complicated layout of arches, inclined walls curves etc it must have been an interesting build.
It is a preserved? ( or perhaps a better description, a building that has not been demolished)
the brick work is showing a lot of deterioration.
Its the water tower on the site of the old Digby mental Hospital in Exeter, Devon, now redeveloped as a trading estate, just next to an out of town Tesco.
First pic
outside arches 1 & a half bricks thick. in two layers, obviously in a two layer arch offset is not so much of a problem, and works out as you progress round the arch anyway
Second Pic
inside arches two bricks thick, again two layers to the arch
I wonder if those small fillers in the columns in the second pic were cut on site or pre-ordered as a special for the project, must have used a lot of them!
first pic
Corbelling in the corner under the transition from brickwork at right angles to a curve up above, probably not a right angle, as the back wall inclines away form you
second pic
The curved bricks above the corbelling appear to be on end or upright
Above the curve is the flat back wall at right angles to a second set of small arches above the inner arches
Photo 1
view down the inside arches showing inside inclined wall
Photo 2
inside of curved corner
BUT
that is not my project
mine will be smaller simpler items!
The bricks show all kinds of coloration. Is most of it from water seepage or did they use different kinds of brick (depending on the location) or both? -- Russ
What a fantastic structure!
Quote from: finescalerr on July 01, 2013, 01:56:39 PM
The bricks show all kinds of coloration. Is most of it from water seepage or did they use different kinds of brick (depending on the location) or both? -- Russ
The hospital was opened in1886, so there is a lot of weathering, but yes it looks like different brick colours, on closer examination some of the arch top bricks seem to be of a better quality, I would not have thought water seepage as that would be more green hues & salts discolouration.
But there are a wide variety of brick colours used in the area, even creamy white ones used in Exeter itself, but they are usually only for decorative features, maybe 3 courses at mid building height or just the bay windows in cream as a feature
Must have been an enormous load on the structure,
from ground level it looks like the tank at floor level with the walls inclined inwards,
with the arch /butresses giving them strength
& then the tank widening out over the top of the arches?
giving more capacity for high water pressure,
no belay that,.
just looked on Google maps & the the tank is in the centre only
the area over the arches is covered over separately
Quote from: Ray Dunakin on July 01, 2013, 09:30:41 PM
What a fantastic structure!
I wonder what the blue prints looked like?
& how easy it was to read them!
especially that inclined wall, & integrating the courses of that with the vertical courses of the arch butresses, more mortar thickness in the inclined wall to keep the horizontals aligned perhaps?
I wonder what Nick the Brick thinks?
Cast a few hundred bricks,
done a test piece, actually utiising a lot of the casting rejects, placing the blemishes out of sight.
intertesting project, I actually did the mortar/pointing with an old ink cartridge refilling Syringe, using ready mixed filler from a tube diluted to a creamy consistancy & coloured with a drop of black to give a grey/off white finish, worked a treat