I've taken two of my paper mache buildings (see previous post) that are clad in the same type of brick and used them to create a small residential street in my VBCW town of East Bergholt. They will be mounted on a piece of 5mm foamcore that will front on one of the cobblestone streets of the town.
This shows the front of the lot with the cobblestone sidewalk and short brick paths leading to the front doors. There will be an iron fence made from plastic sewing mesh along the front and a narrow yard between it and the buildings. I'll lay a brick alleyway down between the buildings.
Here is the rear view showing the beginning of the brick wall enclosed back yards. These yards will have brick wall across the rear with a gate. Inside each yard will be a small brick patio and either a small garden or a landscaped tree, depending on how much room I have inside the walls.
The brick walls and pillars are downloads from Dave Graffam Models paper building web site:
http://www.davesgames.net/catalog-low-walls.htm . The wall printouts are wrapped around 5mm foamcore and the pillars around balsa wood to provide some stiffening to the paper. I've used his paper buildings and walls on other VBCW projects and have been satisfied by the relative ease of assembly and the value, especially when you can print as many copies as you need and change the "skin" of the model. These walls can be printed in red or gray brick or in gray or brown stone and in lengths from 1" up to 6" in 1/2" increments.
More later.
