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i figured out 1/8'" plate in 1/4 scale is 1/32" plywood from Midwest.
now how thick is that in plain words?
a matchbook cover is 20 thousandths.
then dropping down to 1/8 scale the 1/8" thick plate would be 1/64".
what does that look like?
building steel fabrication models.
Have A Nice Day!
Go to the hobby shop and look at plywood of those thicknesses. The shop may not have 1/64 though. That is pretty thin.
Convert the fraction to a decimal fraction. 1/32 is about .030, 1/64 would be about 015. Look in the hobby shop for styrene sheet, in the Evergreen or Plastruct racks. They do not offer sheets in .015, I don't believe. But use either 10 mil or 20 mil. In those thicknesses you will probably not be able to tell the difference. I'd use 20 mil- 10 mil plastic is so thin it is hard to work with.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
don
i think i'll stop at 1/32. Hobbylinc has Midwest 1/32 in poplar plywood.
the 1/32 will be correct 1/8 plate in 1/4 scale and i'll just let it slide in 1/8 scale.
thanks
DON , I have purchased .015 sheets from EVERGREEN .It goes fast in hobby shops so , if i need a lot , I buy direct from EVERGREEN . Other than that sounds like this young person (don,t know if guy or lady ) needs a SCALECARD or two . tankerbuilder .
evergreen makes .015...i prefer their product to plastructs anyway...it also comes in clear too.
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you got the old brain going.
1000 thousandth's to an inch.
1000/32 = yep, about 30 thousandth's
i'll stay away from plastic, i don't want to mix wood and plastic.
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nooo, i don't think so on the scale gizmo.
model make don you got the old brain going. 1000 thousandth's to an inch. 1000/32 = yep, about 30 thousandth's i'll stay away from plastic, i don't want to mix wood and plastic. scale model buddies nooo, i don't think so on the scale gizmo. Have A Nice Day!
I mix wood and plastics all the time- no compatibility problems. CA bonds the two together (gel CA, not the thin stuff) and Krylon primer finishes both.
all kinds of progress!
figured out to get sheet styrene in the three sizes, .010", .020" and .030".
then get square plastic rod 1/8" and 1/4".
keep it all PLASTIC!
then get the Bondene. i read the fine print it's for styrene to styrene.
the Weldine is for mixed type plastics.
HELLO ,
Now ,DON is correct to a point . I find , IF you are careful the sizes needed -.030.and . 010 will work alright . You just need to remember NOT to cut the material with scissors . That will cause cracking at the juncture where the scissors come to a close (the end ) tankerbuilder
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