Walthers doesn’t show how thick the styrene sheets are that they advertise as matching their structure kits. I’m short some pilasters for a modular structure and I wonder if these sheets could be used to make substitutes? Any other suggestions of brick material that could be used? Thanks in advance.
Which Walthers kits do the styrene sheets supposedly match?
Rich
They’re about the same thickness as the modular parts.
I have many Brick pattern sheets, most run 0.020", 0.030", 0.040"
However, Brick Walls are cast with thickness in mind.
So, Part Numbers would help, if you supply those, I would be able to see if I have some & let you know the actual nominal measurement. If I don’t, perhaps other members can help…
Thanks,
If that’s the case, then the modulars would be the answer since one of the modular kits includes pilasters.
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3725
Rich
Thanks Nittany Lion, that is what I needed. The modular kits are no longer available and I’m trying to use what I have left for one last background building.
I have used the brick sheets in a couple of kitbash projects. They are made from a hard plastic, unlike Evergreen or DPM. You will not be able to score and snap; you will have to cut with a saw or score almost all the way through with a hobby knife.
This is the first I knew that the Walthers modulars had been discontinued, but their online catalog verifies the information. I suppose I should have realized the writing was on the wall because nearly every monthly sales flyer the last few years offered one or another of the modular items at steep discounts.
That was the same fate as Model Die Casting’s modular system of a couple decades ago, and another from a source whose name escapes me, But I am pretty sure the DPM system is still around, which I have not tried. The idea or concept makes so much sense to me that it is rather saddening to think how often it has failed, and no, I am not trying to re-open any threads about nobody builds stuff anymore.
I suspect the bigger issue for the person who wants to combine Walthers’ brick sheets with their modular pieces is the size of the brick: does it match? The thickness can likely be dealt with if it differs.
Dave Nelson
I bought a heckuva lot of the Walthers Modulars kits, but the problem was that it took too many kits to build a simple structure. You couldn’t get everything in one kit. You had to buy separate kits to get foundations, window, walls and columns, roofs, etc. And, even then, you could only build a small structure, so you needed to buy several of each kit. Simply too expensive.
Rich
Check out JTT minature tree on Walthers web site. These are a thin veneer but can be attached to a thin piece of styrene for thickness.
Brick
Walthers Part # 373-97422, p. 344 Walthers 2013 HO Scale Reference
HO scale, $6.25, currently in stock at Walthers
Mike Dickinson
Jamestown NY
Yeah…but that’s how modular things work. You can’t build a whole building out of DPM modulars and those are insanely popular.
That’s true Nittney, but at least DPM had kits that utilized the panels that were reasonably priced that you could attach the modulers too, and it not look to wierd, or blend in seamlessly.
Aside from Magic Pan Brownies and one other kit did Walthers?
I am putting together the Empire Leather Tanning Company kit in HO. It’s made up of Walthers Modulars, with a total of 4 separate structures. I’ve built them pretty much according the instructions, although I’ve moved around the window and door sections to better fit the layout.
I like the concept, but every wall section is 4 or 5 different parts, not counting the doors and windows. A whole wall might take 15-20 parts to assemble. When compared to a more traditional kit like a Merchants Row, I’ve spent a lot more time doing the repetitious work of assembling walls. Now that the buildings are assembled, I find myself with a lot of extra parts, but I’m short of foundations and roof sections.
It is a lot easier to design and build with DPM sections. A shop near me has a whole display of them, and I can pick and choose just the parts I need, in small 4-packs so I don’t end up with a pile of extras.
And now, to answer the original question…drum roll, please…I compared a Walthers modular section with a piece of brick sheet. They are the same thickness, and the brick pattern is the same.
Mister Beasley, that is a great point about the extra, unused parts from Modular kits.
I must have a dozen kit boxes containing windows, pilasters, doors, loading platforms, etc.
But, with all those spare parts, still not enough to build anything meaningful,
Rich
The “Roof and Foundation” set is on sale for $1.98 and still in stock. That’s a shelf-clearing price. I think I’ll order some, actually.