Hi,

Can anybody give me an idea on what size/dimension that I should use incase I plan to make my own 1/35 scale house brick. I plan to use my daughter's spare/excess air dry clay as material...

Thanks a lot.

Are you refering to individual bricks??? the std size in the US is 3.5" x 2.25" x 7.5"

Matt: Yup, individual bricks. Are the dimensions you gave similar to what was used in europe during WW-II? Can I use that value as reference incase I build damaged/ruind wall using individual bricks?

Thanks

I'd be willing to bet they're close.......so close it wouldn't be noticable.......

There are many different sizes of bricks used in Europe (there are different kinds just within Italy!), but they also have different base colours! If you can indicate the area you have in mind I might help! dedox

hi at our local builders yard they have a catalogue of over 200 different tyles and colours of bricks , so multiply that by each country in europe and it must run into thousands , get a good ref photo and work from that cheers ian

as long as the shape is close I don't think you'll have any problems. Variations won't really be noticeable. Check out all your references to see what kind and general size of bricks were used and then recreate them to scale.

dedox: I plan to build a dio of a ruined brick house probably in some area in Italy...I already have a picture as reference, the only thing that stops me from starting is that I do not have an info regarding the dimensions...if you could provide me with addtional info I would appreciate it very much....

Guys: thanks for the additional inputs...

What i ve always done and proved right get the real thing measure and divide with 35 and thats it. Further more i ve experienced in some villages in Greece building about same era especially pre war with many differebt kind and dimension of materials due to money problems few production abilities and pre war lack of money . So if you know tha colour and the shape the dimensions are easy in the way i see it

my house was built in the 1920s, and the standard engineering type bricks used at the time were approx 10'/4.5'/4.5'. these bricks were used to build anything from houses to bridges.

as has been said, bricks come in a huge variety of sizes, and colours.

i think you will have a bet of flexibility

cheers

joe

I made this up about a week ago..maybe it will help. https://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/500/4176Conversion_Chart.jpg

Oh, by the way, I made a rough mold for thr bldg walls and cast them in plaster of paris - carving them up later as needed . I used a #11 xacto to scribe the bricks into the plaster after shaping it with a wood chisle/Straight edge razor/sandpaper etc. although I have heard others using hydrocal, and saying it's much better. Attached are pix of my bldg - still under construction. https://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/500/4176Dio_Bldg.jpg

Once you get the dimension info you need, try to find a Murphy's Rule. There are 2 of them, both with the conversions right on them, one with 1/35-1/32, and the other with 1/48-1/72. Just lay them on your piece and pick your scale. I've had mine for quite a while, so I'm not sure about availability, but ask around.

Art

ArtistaSLO: Thanks for the info, BTW, your damaged building looks very good....