foam

[b-body fan]

I thought I'd throw this in. I get the poster board size foam board from Dollar General. I use it for a work surface. It's white so it's easy to see my work. It holds pins well enough for smaller parts. When 1 side gets crummy just flip it over. It makes a good cutting mat. The down side is if it gets wet the paper delaminates. I cover it with waxed paper when I wet sand etc. The best part is it's inexpensive, about a dollar a sheet.

[GMCMAN52]

great use for the foam board and cheap too

[vintagercr]

That's a great use. Thanks for sharing. You can also use it to make buildings.

[Darren B]

Yes very good stuff and not only buildings but I have seen guys carefully pull the top layer of paper off of it and then shape it to look like bricks and exterior materials on those buildings......

here's a link to that webpage this guy is an artist with the foam board.....he even shapes the ferrule of old paint brushes to foam the blocks totally cool.

http://www.009.cd2.com/members/how_to/nouaillier_a.htm

Edited June 16, 2015 by Darren B

[b-body fan]

Good stuff. We build R.C. planes out of this too. Great flyers!!!

[ranma]

White foam board is 1.00 a sheet at Dollar tree as well, They also have black.

[Darren B]

White foam board is 1.00 a sheet at Dollar tree as well, They also have black.

that's a very good price ill have to check it out....

[b-body fan]

I also used some spray glue and a piece of Mylar. It makes a nice mirror base for displaying models or taking photos.

[Phaze]

I use foam for pinning pieces while they dry. I get an unlimited supply of it for free.  I do stucco, mostly EIFS, which the main building material is foam. We throw out any piece that we don't use. Bags and bags full of pieces of foam that we modelers can use for work stations and diarama  sets. My suggestion  is to find your local stucco company and ask if they are doing any EIFS jobs and if you can collect any discarded foam. We really could care less if you want it, just less garbage for us.

 

BTW they come in various thickness from 1 inch to 4 inch. Discarded pieces can be 1 foot or two long and less then a foot high, usually. Unless someone gives you a full sheet 2' X 4'