homemade PSP HELP!

What scale are we talking about? At 1/48th scale, A 16 foot long model would be roughly on the order of magnitude of 10,000 holes, (without actually doing the math), The question would be, what would wear out first, the drill or your arm?

well... 10,000 holes if duckman dosnt complete that it will be a complete waste of part of his life or if he does, It will definantly be an amazing accomplishment good luck if you try.

hey thanks for the help and my model is 1:72nd scale so i got alot of holes to drill

Sorry, but upon further calculations, my initial estimate for the number of holes is off by several orders of magnitude. There are apparently at least two different types of PSP used in WWII. (Don't jump on me fly-boys, I'm only a tread-head here.) The photo of an actual piece of PSP I found on-line says it is 19 1/2 inches wide by 11feet, 9 and 3/4 inches long. ( http://www.sml.lr.tudelft.nl/~home/rob/models/psp.htm) Rounding this off to 12 feet long or 144 inches, makes a piece in 1/72 scale come out to 2 inches. A 16 foot long model would be 192 inches, divided by 2 equals 96 sections of PSP for the length. The 1/72 scale PSP would be .27 inches wide, so dividing 15 inches for the width of the runway by .27 equals 55.55, so roughly 55 sections of PSP for the width. Each section of PSP has 160 holes in it. 96x55 equals 5280 sections, this times 160 holes per section equals 844,800 holes. Sorry, I didn't see any size listed for the holes. Once you get the correct size, you better start drilling! We'll check back with you in a few years to see how you are doing!
If you really want to make this large of a runway diorama without spending most of your life drilling holes, there is an easier way. Buy either the photo-etched PSP or better yet, the resin PSP runway sections, (There are several companies that make PSP, Verlinden, etc.) and use it as a master to make a mold with either latex or RTV silicone rubber and then cast sections of runway from this. This would still be a huge task, but far easier than the alternative.

I like the second idea better, cause ur insane if you want to take on 844thousand holes, after all, you only got roughly 70 years to live on average. dont want to waste 60 of them on one diorama do you???

i like the second idea more 2 i geuss ill buy a piece of psp and make my mold

remember PSP was laid across the runway. Made for a bumpy ride but it would have crushed otherwise.

Verlinden makes a package of 1/72 scale PSP Plates.... there pe and expensive. 10 plates for $10.00...