I will try expalin how make a brickwork with cork.
I know that every country have is how brick measures. I asume that a "medium" brick have 2X7mm in 1/35 scale.


take a plate of cork of 2mm thick, and cut him in strips of 1mm wide(aprox) as you see in the picture. See that I not cut to very end of the cork.

cut these strips in 7mm bits

make a cardboard structure. These bits of cork must be glued here.

glue a paper to structure with lines in it for reference

arc of the bridge (really a sewer)

finished work

you must sanding all work

Now is time to imitate the concrete among bricks with a layer of plaste ror these prepared paste for repair walls before paint. Retreat excess before dry

The final result prepared for sea and paint.
These work take around 4 hours.Inot count time for dry glue
I hope that these images talk for himself.I will graceful if these photos can be posted in articles

Carlos

Nice idea!!!
I love the texture the bricks give after the whole process. Do you perhaps know where you could buy this cork? I went to the 2nd hand store afew weeks ago. I had the idea for cork as walls; (take the ruffside and paint it, finished!) they did not have it! MOdelshops perhaps???...
See ya, KOMET

Anybody dealing with carpets, vinylfloor etc. should have it.

what kind of paste is that? I usually don't have various pastes lying around so could you tell me what kind that is?

This is the business Blockers my old chum!! Just the ticket, thank you!!

how long did those 2 projects take you?

Will you be showing us the painted finished product ??? Absolutely loved your tutorial on how to use cork. But, once again, I have to ask, what type of paste did you use??? And did you have to "thin" it down so it would not be so thick? Thanks.

That is simply amazing... I really like the process and you did a GREAT job at explaining the process-Thank you very much. I will try to pick up some cork here localy and give it a shot myself... see how I do. Really great tip and a great tutorial.


As to availability of cork-in the US-Michaels and Hobby Lobby carry it and I would imagine most Craft Supply stores should have it-also WalMart and most stores with school supplies have it in the School/Office Supplies (the pin boards which are usually sold in packs of four).

That looks really great. It never ceases to amaze me how often the simplest of techniques yield really fantastic results.

Thanks for sharing this great technique with us!

Hi all,
The paste is plaster and time for make these project is around 4 hours
Carlos

Carlos,
This is amazing, congrats and thanks for sharing.

Excellent stuff there Carlos! I've been using cork now for a little while to make bricks, but only to use in rubble. Now this has given me some ideas! Does anyone know where I can get a little chopping tool like the one shown in the photos? One of the deterrants for making the bricks for me is to have to use a little razor scraper to cut the strips of the cork into the brick pieces. If I got ahold of one of those cutters, then I can really go to town!

I got my cork at Michaels as well, and I've made quite a bit of bricks, and I still have a ton of the roll left over! Just make sure you get the really tight "knit" cork, the bigger cork type won't work.

Hi Kelly,
These tool is from a company named "Amati" that made kits of wood ships and have a serie of tool for assembly it. You cand find these in model shops see in section naval modelling.

best whises
Carlos

Very nice trick. Thank you for sharing.

I've bookmarked this article.

Angela

It;s an interesting article BRAVO!!
I'll give it a try....

Gr Hilbert

You can get 12"x12" squares of cork at Staples. But they are thicker than 2mm, they measure 5mm thick.

Nice technique ... simple and easy, and best of all.....
affordable.

Great Tutorial Blockhaus! I followed everything you were trying to say. Having made one stone wall out of cork, I admire not only your skill but also your patience!

Spades: a cheap substitute for the plaster "paste" here in the USA would be pre-mixed wall spackle from WalMart or Home Depot. I used it on my cork stone wall that I used in my Kelly's Heroes diorama and it worked very well filling in the concrete areas of the wall.

Keith

Thanks Keith!
.. for answer to Spade. In some cases is very complex describe these products. I take note for future posts I´m preparing a tutorial for to be translated in good english.
best whises

Carlos

Carlos, again your cork work is amazing. I look forward to seeing your article. Cheers Kevin

After reading this article I went out and bought a roll of cork. I made a small bridge/ culvert and it didnt come out too bad. I neglected to draw in any reference lines so it kind of waves here and there, but overall it came out rather well for my first attempt. The roll I got was 1'x2' so there is a lot of bricks that can come outta this thing. That, and the price was right. Hobby Lobby had it for less than $4. I forsee more building and such in my modeling future. Thanks for the inspiration Blockhaus. "Q"

One last question on this,,,,yeah right,,,,,when placing the cork, do you purposely leave spacing in between each of them for the plaster????

In the example - yes - leave space for the mortar.
If you make a 'tight' layered wall you may not, just depends on the buildng.

Thanks again for the reply.

Nice methode, but where can I buy sheets of cork??

Grt

Man, that cork seems pretty usefull and easy to use. hmmm looks like iam going shopping this week end!

Frank