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Simple question - Does anyone know where I can get some scaffolding that is of a scale that would work with 40K? Or does anyone know of a tutorial on how to make some? It is for an Imperial city board.

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Simple question - Does anyone know where I can get some scaffolding that is of a scale that would work with 40K? Or does anyone know of a tutorial on how to make some? It is for an Imperial city board.

A company called plastistruct has all types of stuff right up your alley in all scales. You can find it most model train stores or can goto their website http://www.plastruct.com/ and order from them directly. Just be aware they are a US company so shipping might hurt some..

Evergreen is the other big name in styrene for modeling. Both companies offer useful architectural forms (girders, stamped sheets, etc.), along with the usual strip, sheet, rod, and tube. Since scaffolding is a relatively simple construction using those basic elements, I've yet to see a specific kit offered.

There are other options, of course, depending on how elaborate and/or high-tech you want to make it. For rudimentary scaffolding like you might see house painters using, you could bang something out using nothing but coffee stirrers and superglue - the skinny plastic straw type for the frame, with a few of the wooden stick variety laid across for the platform. Something more permanent - what I might call a catwalk instead of scaffolding - would involve a lot more than that (sheet styrene detailing over foamcore supports, textured floor grating, styrene rod handrails, etc.). A bit more detail about your theme, if not an actual design you have in mind, would help you net more specific suggestions.

I am wanting to give the impression of a building that is being constructed. That would involve temporary pipe scaffolding and planks of wood.

If you are looking for cheap cheap stuff that comes with parts and then some, then give the Pegasus kits a whirl or three. I foresee myself dropping $200 on their stuff in the near future

Plastic lollipop sticks & wooden coffee stirrer's
Should be able to get the stirrers for free - you just need to find somewhere that uses a regular shape you can easily trim to rectangles - my local McDonalds is my source.


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as for the lollipop sticks - http://www.amazon.co.uk/114mm-White-Plastic-Lollipop-Sticks/dp/B005GTC1L6/ref=sr_1_5?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1360839600&sr=1-5

Scaffolding as we know it in the UK (i.e. http://media.brogangroup.com/media/media.bguk.com/media/upload/brochure/Scaffolding_Landing_Page.jpg)

Or the definition of scaffolding found in less well regulated places (i.e. http://www.amethyst.co.za/JonesFamily/Dec2007/BambooScaffolding.jpg)

Even in Hong Kong, present day:
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_MY_P_F/0_my_photographs_hong_kong_photo_10.htm

http://www.roundeyesupply.com/Dispoz-O-Ebony-Plastic-5-in-L-Coffee-Stirrers-p/5314069.htm
These ones are like short, skinny straws (hollow and circular). Picked up a box of 500 at my grocery store (different brand from the link) for $0.49

These are the wooden stirrers I was talking about.
1000 in there so should last a while!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wooden-Coffee-Stirrers-inch-stirrers/dp/B005D75YZ6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360854926&sr=8-1