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Hey guys! I'm fairly new to the whole 'plasticard' thing, so before I take the plunge and buy some too-thin-or-too-thick stuff, I was wondering what would be a solid, midline 'general purpose' plasticard size, for things like tanks, APCs, maybe some 40K flyers, and so on. Of course, if there's no such thing as general purpose, I'd love to know too! Thanks.

For me, the thickness depends on what I'm using it for AND how large it is.

I've built a few tank hulls and turrets from 1mm thickness - with an internal support structure.

(Evergreen use thousandths of an inch for their thicknesses (the 010, 020, 030, etc) as well as mm).

For surface detailing, 0.5mm or so.

For larger constructions like buildings 2.5-3mm thick stuff.

For anything over 0.5mm, don't try to cut all the way through, use the "score and snap" method and clean the edge up with sandpaper and/or a file. Use a non-slip steel rule for straight edges.

1mm, also called (appropriately) 40thou!

90% of what I use is 40thou. I layer it if I need thicker, as 2mm is a pain to cut, and it’s rigid enough to make the main box frames of tanks etc. with a little support at the corner joins.