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Hello Dakka,

I'm thinking about building myself some imperial navy planes like the ones on forge world as I can't justify paying that sort of cash to only be able to use in apoc games happen about 3 times a yeah at our gw.

Guard always seems quite blocky so would fit using plasticard for this but where is the best place to get it from in the UK. What sort of thickness would be best. How easy is it to use and has anyone done this before as would love to see some wip pics. Also about copy right I guess I can't copy what forge world have done so if you have any input for different planes to look at for inspiration would also be great.

Cheers

Real planes tend to be streamlined but perhaps you could pick a historical machine and recreate it with block wings, etc.

Plasticard comes in various thicknesses. You will probably find the following useful in our project.

2mm, 1mm, 0.5mm and 0.25mm.

The 0.25mm is easily cut with scissors. The thicker ones are better cut with the "score and snap" technique for straight lines.

A circle cutter and a swivelling knife are good for doing circles and curved cuts.

You can also get various girders and other such structural elements in plasticard, which may be useful.

just as kilkrazy gave you the sizes, the most common for building the body would be 1mm.. It is not only easy to cut, but also easy work with also..

Another idea is to buy a 1/48 scale aircraft kit and "clad" it with plasticard to give it the Imperial look.

Something like a SEPECAT Jaguar already has a fairly squarish fuselage.

I get mine from ebay.

But searching for "sheet styrene" in google will turn up a dozen retailers.

Also if you buy american the thickness will be in fractions of an inch not millimeters

Or, you can buy "For Sale" signs at your local big-box retailer or hardware store. Generally, the larger signs are thicker and the smaller signs are thinner.

If you have a model train hobby store, they probably carry a variety of plasticard and styrene elements like rods, tubes, and beams.

I have also heard of people using a mat-cutter or scrapbook cutter to get straight lines for their plasticard. Something like this:



You can get simple ones for fairly cheap at a hobby store. Don't think they will cut straight through, but should be enough to score a long line and then snap it.

d-usa wrote:I have also heard of people using a mat-cutter or scrapbook cutter to get straight lines for their plasticard. Something like this:



You can get simple ones for fairly cheap at a hobby store. Don't think they will cut straight through, but should be enough to score a long line and then snap it.

I can back this up.. I have one and it works wonders on large polystyrene sheets..

Cool cheers for the info.

By any chance does anyone know the size difference between a thunderbolt and a valk or are they about the same.

As for buying the plasticard seems fairly cheap on eBay for sheets so might get it off there.