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Hey guys,

I want to make a rear compartment for a battlewagon conversion and I am wondering what thickness of plasticard I'd need.

Also, can anyone recommend any online retailers for a Briton? Thanks.

http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/040-sheet-styrene.html

& 1mm (0.040) should do the trick.

Thanks a bunch

And what about rivets? I know you cut down some kind of rod...

Yes you can use a rod (<0.5mm wide) but I make mine out of gs.

A trip to google tells me that PVA is also used; whilst I have GS, this seems 'lazier'. Does PVA wear off fairly quickly? I wonder if that would matter so much for an Orky project. I thought about drilling little holes and rolling GS balls into them. That might be longer lasting I guess.

PVA seems to work OK for me but I'm looking for something easier. No way am I going to make little balls of GS.

a lot of firms out of japan do rivets. check HLJ.com for premade ones in various sizes.

If I drilled tiny holes into the hull of a vehicle and rolled up a long strip of green stuff and cut that up relatively evenly, I wonder if I could make convincing flat rivets? The size disparity it'd lead to wouldn't be a huge problem since we're talking about Orks.

ebay has packs of various sizes that are useful if you dont know exactly what you want

Oh I totally forgot to ask: Will plastic glue work on plasticard? I purchased the sheets that were linked. I have read that many people prefer to use superglue, but I would like to, if going for a ramshackle look, know that they will stay stuck together. Will plastic glue work?


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Should also add a big thanks for all the help in this thread. The Ork project this is going toward will be my first army to contain extensive conversion work; not a single model is going to be untouched. It's a little bit daunting

I don't know about plastic glue as I hate the stuff, but super glue works fine. I also would buy the plastic rods for rivets. so much easier then GS. Less taxing and time consuming too.

Really? I find superglue to be a horrible adhesive; you place it on and you MUST get your first placement right. Unlike with plastic glue, you can't slightly reposition stuff as it sets. So I can imagine glueing rivets with superglue would lead to a lot of frustration as they aren't all quite in place.

Though I suppose you could put the glue on the model rather than the rivet...


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Or mark where you're putting the rivet and then put glue on the mark and place the rivet on said mark. Gah.


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Another modelling question: I've seen people use a kind of mesh as flooring for their scratchbuilds. Where on earth can I get it? Plain card looks boring.

The site I posted does rivets too.

I use a pair of tweezer when I place rivets. Give me procise placement and it doesn't have to be perfect anyways. It Orks after all.

I use gorilla glue, so it does have some play before it dries. But I am used to it too. Its up to the person. I tried the plastic glue and am not a fan of the strings that can and will probably be left behind.

I like extra thick cyanoacrylate (superglue?). HOWEVER, you must get it right the first time. Because it slightly dissolves the plasticard, it makes very convincing rivets. With orks, your rivets may be slightly different sizes, so cyanoacrylate makes the easiest and fastest rivets out there.