Hi,
In several books i have, the author uses a material called 'plasticard' for scratch-building stuff. well my question is, what is it?
thanks in advance,

cheers

Philip

Ciao procrazzy,
It's like sheets of plastic that come in different thicknesses. You can cut it, bend it, heat it up and do all kinds of stuff with it.
Ciao for now
Rob

Plasticard is plastic sheet. It comes in multiple thicknesses and styles and can be used to add details to models, from simple boxes to complicated assemblies, and can also be used to scratchbuild an entire model. The most popular brands are Evergreen and Plastistruct (sp?) and both are available in local hobby shops and online web stores.
Kyle

Procrazzy,
Although most local hobby shops do sell plasticard, for some reason here in the UK they charge an arm and a leg, which gets very expensive if you're trying to build up a stock of items. Recently I bought a lot of stuff direct from Plastruct in the states. Their range is amazing, and works out a lot cheaper, even with postage. Have a look. www.plastruct.com

Vinnie

Depending on what you want, 'cause there are sheets, strips, shapes, etc, of all sizes & types, then you probably will need to look at a mix of Evergreen and Plastruct (which comes in stryene or ABS, so be sure of what you order).

The model railroaders are heavy into this stuff and I get all mine through www.walthers.com although I am not sure how cost effective it is for the UK.

John

Hello Procrazzy, i know that this store is on the other side of the pond..but i just wanted to show you what's from Evergreen Plastics. For me Evergreen plastics is the cheapest and i use it all the time. Here's a link
http://www.dhcinc.com/evergreen.htm

hi

ok i have been using plastic card for as long as i have been modelling. i use a lot of it.

ok in UK there are two sources.
plastic card sold at normal modellers shops
normaly A4 size.
now go to a model train show or supplier, then look at evergreen. precut and by thickness, i bought the whole range recently from my local; shop.

you say you are in the south east. same here. ok my main source is Model World it is at the Garden center oppersite Maidstone Crem. just off the M20

the other trick is every time you go shopping or pass a model shop pop in and by a sheet.

now there is also firms in the Aircraft & truck model supplies who do the sheets 2ft x 2ft or 4x4 .

but in the long run it is not that expensive for what it is compared to Etch brass or brass sections.

hope this helps ossie