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Title: Brick roads and walls
Post by: Wahko on October 20, 2016, 05:30:53 AM

I found rolls of this brick at my local Walmart for $3 in the Christmas town section. It works great for roads or walls.

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: comet5 on October 20, 2016, 01:33:33 PM

Looks fine, I just wish I could find this stuff in the UK.

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: grant on October 20, 2016, 02:55:57 PM

It's everywhere here in Canada this time of year. Takes paint well too. Comes in bricks and cobble versions, narrow for roadways and wide rolls for whole scenes.

Michaels has it, with the 50% off coupon it's a steal.

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: Oldben1 on October 20, 2016, 05:06:20 PM

I had some terrible experiences with it, I like the sheets of plastic better.  I covered an entire building with it and it started to peel off.  Of course I had painted it and weathered it first.  I even used epoxy.  Ughhh.

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: grant on October 20, 2016, 05:26:33 PM

Quote from: Oldben1 on October 20, 2016, 05:06:20 PM

I had some terrible experiences with it, I like the sheets of plastic better.  I covered an entire building with it and it started to peel off.  Of course I had painted it and weathered it first.  I even used epoxy.  Ughhh.

I don't know if i would have used it for buildings but for roads and shit it's great.

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: Oldben1 on October 20, 2016, 05:27:56 PM

Didn't the tick always say:  "gravity is a harsh mistress."

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: speric on October 22, 2016, 09:55:59 PM

You could probably find it in a gardenshop in the UK together with the other Lemax christmas stuff.
I used it for roads and like it you also have a cobbled road version and a water version etc.

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: rebelyell2006 on October 29, 2016, 11:51:05 PM

I picked up two rolls from the local Walmart.  If you use them, then you either need to weigh down the corners or use pins, because they are a mostly-flexible plastic but they will still roll up.

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: Calimero on October 30, 2016, 06:06:22 PM

I bought a roll some years back. I cut it in strips of roughly 2" wide and hang these strips down using weighted black paperclip for some time to straighten them. It worked well.

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: rebelyell2006 on October 31, 2016, 04:17:19 AM

I'm thinking that for the purpose of storage, keeping them rolled would be easiest.

A side question, I noticed those Christmas Village type trees at Walmart are under $1 per tree, compared to $2+ with Woodland Scenics.  Would I get too many odd looks if I bought and used some of those cheaper trees?

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: Daeothar on October 31, 2016, 09:20:27 AM

Quote from: rebelyell2006 on October 31, 2016, 04:17:19 AM

A side question, I noticed those Christmas Village type trees at Walmart are under $1 per tree, compared to $2+ with Woodland Scenics.  Would I get too many odd looks if I bought and used some of those cheaper trees?

Of course not. :)

As far as I know, apart from the applied snow, they're pretty much the same product anyway...

If only that whole christmas village thing was more popular over here, we'd be able to get our hands on those cheap stuffs too. ::)

Title: Re: Brick roads and walls
Post by: Malebolgia on October 31, 2016, 09:31:57 AM

@Daeothar: Check the Action for some nice trees...€1.50 for this pack:

(http://paintoholic.nl/temp/action.JPG)