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I was at Hobby Lobby today just looking around while my wife was shopping. In the model kit section by the trains I found they now carry patterend styrene sheet. They had six different types- craters, corrugated siding, double diamond plate, asphalt shingles, brick pattern and rough brick pattern. All sheets are 0.5mm thick, 7.5"x12", are an HO-scale except for the diamond plate which is a G-scale, and you get two sheets per package. You can go to the Hobby Lobby website and print off a 40% off one item coupon just about every week so this makes these sheets a very good deal. Here is a picture of thier display.




The brick pattern sheets look way to small for 40k, but the asphalt shingle could be used for cobble stone bases. The diamond plate and corrugated siding look a good size for scrap armor on orks or for bases. The craters can be cut out and made into terrain or added to a ruined building, I may be getting these next to do some quick terrain.



I picked up the corrugated siding and diamond plate sheets but have not had a chance to test them out yet, but will post some picutes when I do. Hope this helps.

Post later on how well that works ot for you. Whenever I wander into hobby lobby I get some ideas but, they really don't have much in for modling.

its a shame they dont have it on the webshop... i'd love to have a that crater set

Kiryu Mk 3 wrote:Post later on how well that works ot for you. Whenever I wander into hobby lobby I get some ideas but, they really don't have much in for modling.

I will for sure, hope to get some work done tonight. They really have lost alot in the modeling section, although they are much better than Michale's. They used to carry a decent stock of military and sci-fi models, but now it is mostly cars. I usually only buy paint brushes and hobby tools from them because of the discount coupoon you can get.

DijnsK wrote:its a shame they dont have it on the webshop... i'd love to have a that crater set

It is a fairly new product, but thier webstore is not that great to begin with. I tried to look up the sheets on the wibsite that was on the package but found nothing.

Great, one more reason to lament the fact that the nearest Hobby Lobby is 50 miles away.

Awesome.. I will have to go see what mine has..

oadie wrote:Great, one more reason to lament the fact that the nearest Hobby Lobby is 50 miles away.

my nearest is 62.3 miles away, if it makes you feel any better

I wonder if m local one will have them.

Thanks for posting, this is perfect for what I have been trying. Hopefully my local Hobby Lobby has them.

I did get to work with it a bit tonight. It is not styrene like evergreen scale models, feels more like a plastic car kit. It does cut very easy with very little clean up needed. I also cut a disc and it will work well for bases. Also tried out a few glues and had no issues with either. My only complaint is the sheets were not cut square, one long side was off by about a 1/16". Other than that i am happy with the product. I can not wait to try it out on some of my ork models.

varl wrote:

oadie wrote:Great, one more reason to lament the fact that the nearest Hobby Lobby is 50 miles away.

my nearest is 62.3 miles away, if it makes you feel any better

what are you complaining about?? the nearest hobby lobby is 4.167 miles away for me!!!

Thank god, ive been trying to find diamond plate styrene for a really long time for use on ork machines. Now i dont have to order it.

Hmm wonder if they will get sheets in that are wavy like a tin roof.

cgage00 wrote:Hmm wonder if they will get sheets in that are wavy like a tin roof.

They do, they have it listed as corrigated siding. It was one of the two packs that I picked up.

I took this picture awhile ago but just forgot to load and post it. I cut out a disc and made a quick base. I started a new schedule at work and have been really busy, so not much time for 40k. I am cutting up some small armor pieces for my deff dread and it looks really good.

Looks like it worked really nice. Gunna have to check that out for some Orky conversions.