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Cheaper Sheet Plastic For Model Building
Robomog:
Way too far away for me !, i use sprues for my styrene putty
Mog
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jcf:
The CD cases are straight polystyrene, which is why they are both clear and brittle.
Kerick:
I scrapped out an old printer the other day. It was full of ABS parts that could be useful. One particular piece was PS and very thick. Just what I was looking for to cut out some helicopter rotor blades.
Robomog:
--- Quote from: jcf on February 04, 2019, 07:39:27 AM ---The CD cases are straight polystyrene, which is why they are both clear and brittle.
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That's interesting, the pigments that add to colour the plastic must also act as a 'softener'
Mog
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Robomog:
Hi all
Continuing my mission to find cheap (free) sources of polystyrene plastic.
Lookout for these, all food packaging:-
- Muller Corner yoghurt the pot is PS
- Saint Agur blue cheese, the packet it comes in is PS it also has some interesting corrugations
- Castello Danish blue, the lid is PS
My quest continues ;) ...............
Mog
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