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So I'm gonna be trying to make some home-made Stormlords and possibly a warhound titan... and I'm just wondering what thickness plasticard you all would use. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

For general hull/bodywork, I use 1-1.5mm [ evergreen use "THOUsandths of an inch thicknesses as well. This would be either [040] or [060] ) but I also use internal bracing.

For skinning/detail, I use 0.5mm (020). Rivets I generally cut from rod up to 1.5mm thick.

Sheet styrene is available from my local specialist model store (does railway and ships as well) at up to 2mm thick.
This is also good, but really needs good tools to cut (like a scroll saw).

I miss my old job in the SFX workshop. I got to take home scrap pieces (roughly A4 sized offcuts). Now I have to buy it like every other schlob.

I cut rivets from sheet using a hole punch. I have a punch with six different size holes, so it's easy to punch rivets in a variety of sizes.

First of all, thanks for the quick responses, you guys!

chromedog wrote:For general hull/bodywork, I use 1-1.5mm [ evergreen use "THOUsandths of an inch thicknesses as well. This would be either [040] or [060] ) but I also use internal bracing.

For skinning/detail, I use 0.5mm (020). Rivets I generally cut from rod up to 1.5mm thick.

Sheet styrene is available from my local specialist model store (does railway and ships as well) at up to 2mm thick.
This is also good, but really needs good tools to cut (like a scroll saw).

I miss my old job in the SFX workshop. I got to take home scrap pieces (roughly A4 sized offcuts). Now I have to buy it like every other schlob.

Ok... I've only worked with Plastruct sheet styrene at .060 thickness... will .040 allow me to literally "bend" the cut up sheet into the shapes I desire? .060 wants to crack

How do you internally brace? what diameter rods do you use (as I've only toyed around with glue-rivets)? Do you mind me asking these questions or are they tricks of the trade? LoL

I ordered my sheet styrene from a plastic sign shop here in town. I received 2 4’*6’ sheets of 1mm and 2mm (don’t recall the 1\1000” measurements off hand) for $30. I still have well over 3\4 of my stock remaining even after some moderate scratch-building and conversation work.