Jim, The 1/8th sheets offered by Model Builders in Aurora are very close to S Scale. Given their proximity to me I went to their storefront and I bought one sheet of their 1/4 inch sheets and one each of their 1/8th inch regular and rough brick sheets and then measured them. The 1/8th in. ones are very close to the standard size of North American bricks which is 8/4/2.25 inches. I, too, am looking for bricks, as I need to scratchbuild a number of buildings as found on my modelling subject. I think these will work well.
Cheers. Daniel McConnachie Retired Head of Music Stouffville District Secondary School ________________________________ From: Jim and Cheryl Martin <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 9:47:21 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Scratchbuilding Material Hi Stan: The photos of the sheets look pretty good. I suspect the end result will have a lot to do with how well the modeller paints and weathers the material. What intrigues me about this company is that they offer sheets in 1/6th scale...very close to OO and a lot closer to S than the 1/8th and 1/4 inch scale sheets offered by the architectural supplier I was looking at here in Canada. If I were you, I'd send away for a couple of sheets to experiment with. The 15" square sheets will produce a decently large building in S without having to worry about butt joints along the side. I've got a couple of structure projects coming up, so I'm going to bookmark this company and take a closer look myself. Thanks Jim Martin ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:49:58 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Scratchbuilding Material Has anyone had any experience with this product line? http://www.appliedimaginationinc.com/precision_products/ This is apparently vacuum-formed plastic sheet. I've found pictures of large scale projects that look good. I was wondering how the material looks in the smaller scales. Some of the similar stuff from Plastruct is not very sharp, and these sheets are larger. Stan Stokrocki [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
