QUOTE (alastairq @ 12 Jan 2008, 17:26)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I cannot believe that statement for one moment.
you manage a computer?
access to a printer?
do you eat Cornflakes? [for the cardboard boxes?]
Some kids PVA glue?
Scissors?
[have you ever hung wallpaper? If so, maybe we could dop a trade?]
Draw a picture [copy your mental picture] of what you want?
I suggest something that looks a bit like a row of arches?
a bit like, a long strip of card...maybe 6 or so inches wide....then draw a series of upside-down 'U's.....
the middle of the 'U' will be inset from the 'arch' bit.........decide how far [find a prototype picture to 'copy?']
Then it's, cut-out-and-glue?......when sticking on brick paper, try to get the brick courses to line up??
have a go one morning?
just try a short bit??
if you succeed [don't TRY and replicate the Hornby item...] and feel OK with your efforts.....bash on.
After all....when brassic, it beats breeze blox?
and you can ALWAYS replace your efforts with something more to your tastes when the financial situation improves.
[I SUGGEST....you take a peek at some of the older model railways in pictures you can find....mags going back to the 1960's, etc?........see just how 'effective'' cheapo methods can be...especially brickpaper.....which was all that many of us had to play with??]
HAVE A GO!.....please?
Thanks for your reply, I thought I ought to confirm a few of them!
1) I haven't got a printer
2) I don't eat cornflakes (other cereals are available, but I don't eat those either..)
3) I tried hanging wallpaper once, but only succeeded in ruining a carpet! (Answers on a postcard, please..)
4) I can't draw (no, I'm not kidding, I really can't get what is in my head onto paper).
5) I bought some Metcalfe brick card, and tried cutting that to fit. Looks bloody awful in comparison!
6) Remember the kid at school in craft classes who, when everyone else had built their model, had only just worked out which way up the instructions went? That's me!
I am really only looking to save a few quid, rather than hundreds, hence I was just asking if someone knew anyone doing a deal on the walls. Thanks everyone for your suggestions though! Contrary to popular belief, they really are appreciated.