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Our texture sheets

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Our texture sheets as we call them, are scale representations of different exterior and interior finishes used in different buildings. We supply these texture sheets or brick papers in all the common railway modelling scales, including 2mm, 3mm, 3.5mm, 4mm and 7mm scales plus the new TT120 scale. They can be used to scratch build models of your making, or to modify our models. We have been updating all the existing texture sheets and kits that can be downloaded. We have slightly modified and improved the high quality photo realistic images, which gives a better quality download. We have also increased the printable area on each sheet, so you now get more usable area per download. We hope to have got the combination of print quality and file size correct.

All of our 280+ texture sheets are made with a seamless texture image. This does in some cases mean that there is a slight repetitive pattern across the sheet. This is more noticeable in the smaller scales. The image we use is large and this pattern does not show up once the brick paper texture sheet is used to make a model, and has been weathered slightly. It also makes it easier for you to match the sheet edges if you need to join sheets or pieces of the printed texture sheet.

Where possible most of the brick textures come with a small strip of header bricks along the right hand side of the page. This is to allow you to add window sills and other detailing onto your model. The stone texture sheets come with  a strip of material which can be used to create stone mullion windows, sills or frames. All roof texture sheets come with a narrow strip of matching tiles that can be used as ridge tiles and also a thin strip to be used as lead flashing. Most of the paving sheets come with a strip for use as edging and kerb stones.

To get the best from the downloadable texture sheets they should be printed on good quality A4 paper, or similar. We use at least a 120gsm matte paper in our printed kits as we have found that the heavier the paper, and the higher the print resolution, the better the print quality. We have also found that using a heavier paper prevents water based glues soaking the printed area of the sheets when sticking to card. Once printed we recommend that the sheet is lightly sprayed with a few thin coats of clear matt varnish, or inkjet fixative, to protect the image as most printer inks are water based.

A sample sheet download can be found in the free downloads section. These sheets shows most of the available texture sheets. The images within these sample sheets are scaled to 4mm:ft. This sheet can also be used as a printer test sheet, so that you can see the quality of the printed items.

Brick paper texture sheets

Most of our brick textures are released in the three common brick bonds found in the UK, which are Flemish bond, English bond and Stretcher bond. We are slowly creating new sheets with alternative bonds that can be used to enhance models and structures.

Types of common brick bonds

Stretcher Bond

stretcher brick bond

Stretcher bond is the commonest bond used today in the UK, and the least interesting in appearance. The pattern is laid with the stretcher course sitting halfway over the joints of the courses in the row below. It can be made more interesting by laying a course of different coloured bricks or to lay such bricks to form a pattern on a wall. This bond is used on more modern buildings as it is faster to build.

Flemish Bond

flemish brick bond

Flemish bond consists of alternating headers and stretchers along each course with the headers centred on the stretchers above and below. Patterns can be created by laying in different coloured headers. It is not as strong as English bond but is generally considered to be more attractive. The bond can be adapted to suit thicker walls - most houses built in Flemish bond will have walls one brick thick

English Bond

english brick bond

English bond consists of alternating courses of headers and stretchers, with the alternative headers centred over and under the vertical joints of the stretchers. Although the bond was very common in the Victorian period it was not generally used for houses, but was used in factories, stations and retaining walls, etc. It is a very strong bond but probably not as attractive as Flemish bond.

Header Bond

flemish brick bond

Header bond is similar in appearance to stretcher bond, however it features courses of headers. In header bonds, all bricks in each course are placed as headers on the faces of the walls and overlap the header below by half a brick.

Stack Bond

english brick bond

In Stack bond the bricks are laid directly on top of the previous row with all joints aligned. The bricks are vertically stacked down a face of a wall which results in minimal bonding, therefore this brickwork pattern has less structural integrity than other bonds. This pattern is often used for decorative purposes. It can also be laid across a wall above or below openings.

English Garden Wall Bond

stretcher brick bond

English Garden Wall bond is made up of three rows of stretcher bond and then one row of header bond with all joints staggered by half. It is not really found on buildings outside of the north of the UK, where it is most commonly used. It was mainly used for garden walls as it gives a strong bond.

Flemish Garden Wall Bond

stretcher brick bond

Flemish Garden Wall bond, also known as Sussex bond, includes rows of three stretchers and then one header in each row. Each row is offset by half a pattern. It is abundant and widely used in the South east of the UK.

Other texture sheets

We have tried to release these sheets in a varied range of colours and styles. We release textures for roofing, siding, flooring, paving, wood, stone, brick and metal. We could release thousands of these, but have limited them to the more common ones required. All of our texture sheets benefit from some further weathering once applied to a model.

Click here to view all of our downloadable texture sheets.

If you require something that is not available try dropping us a line, and we will see if we can help.