Plastové destičky (sada 3ks)

The raw material no workshop can do without

A smooth styrene sheet is to modeling what a board is to a joiner. You cut a bulkhead for a fuselage out of it, the floor of a cargo bay, the doors of a shed for a scene, a plate to cover a sunken spot in a truck bed or a small plate under a load you want to glue to a fender. It also suits repairs: cracks and gaps in a molding can be blanked off with a strip glued on from the inside, so the area does not have to be filled with putty and filed down.

What is in the box

You get three sheets measuring fifteen by thirty centimeters, that is an amount that lasts for several projects and still fits in a drawer without bending. The surface is smooth on both sides, with no texture and no marks, so after spraying it looks like finished sheet metal or a panel.

Working with it in practice

The material is not cut through but scored and snapped: run the tip of a knife along a ruler a few times and then break the sheet over the edge of the table, and the edge stays straight. Joints hold best with thin cement, which melts both parts and lets them fuse into one piece. Thinner sheets can be bent into a curve over hot air, while thicker ones are better heated slowly and held in shape until the material cools. Sanding goes smoothly, only with finer paper, so that the surface does not clog. It also pays to make test samples from offcuts: before you use a new joint or bend on the model, try it on a piece that is going in the bin anyway. It saves your nerves and above all material, because when building to your own drawing the first part rarely comes out right the first time.