Profil čtvercová trubka 9,5 mm

Nine and a half millimeters of side, the top of the range

Among the brand's closed square sections this size has no rival: a 9.5 mm side turns a 35 centimeter length into material for truly heavy structures. The hollow core keeps the weight down, which anyone building a tall tower or a jib that must not tip the model over will appreciate.

What does such a size mean in reality? In 1:24 roughly twenty-three centimeters, in 1:35 over thirty-three and in 1:48 almost forty-six. That matches the main pier of a steel hall, the pylon of a gantry crane or the lower section of a telescopic boom.

Structures that call for it

• gantry and overhead cranes on a layout,
• elevating platforms and hydraulic booms,
• the piers of overpasses and steel footbridges,
• the lower stories of lattice towers and masts.

What to watch out for while building

• a thick wall calls for a saw, because a knife wanders here,
• use more glue, because the joint area is large,
• chamfered edges look more worn than sharp corners from the mold,
• build vertical parts against a square, so that the pier does not lean.

Choose the paint with the size of the surface in mind: a uniform coat looks dead on such a large section, whereas light shifts of shade, weld marks suggested by engraving and rust running down from the joints give the structure scale. Lettering or warning stripes applied to such a large wall also hold the viewer's eye on the model longer than the most carefully chosen shade.