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Title: Litho plate
Post by: colin-stevens on March 12, 2012, 11:40:28 am
Does any one know where I can get Litho plate. All my local printers dont have it any more.
thanks in advance

Colin
Title: Re: Litho plate
Post by: Circlip on March 12, 2012, 11:51:59 am
Another victim of the great God Compewker.

  Regards   Ian
Title: Re: Litho plate
Post by: Subculture on March 12, 2012, 11:54:24 am
Getting tricky with all the printing going digital. An alternative are aluminium drinks cans, which can be sliced open and unrolled for small sheets. Mind your pinkies!
Title: Re: Litho plate
Post by: colin-stevens on March 12, 2012, 12:58:06 pm
good thinking. will start bying tinned drinks. Yuk. On the other hand more tinned beer. double yuk. and lots of plasters.
Chers mate
Title: Re: Litho plate
Post by: Norseman on March 12, 2012, 01:25:35 pm
Hi Colin
It comes up on ebay frequently
final prices vary
One on there now http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=litho+plate&_sacat=See-All-Categories

What do you want it for? Nosy aren't I O0 {-)
Dave
Title: Re: Litho plate
Post by: Subculture on March 12, 2012, 01:49:59 pm
Quote from: colin-stevens on March 12, 2012, 12:58:06 pm
good thinking. will start bying tinned drinks. Yuk. On the other hand more tinned beer. double yuk. and lots of plasters.
Chers mate

Just watch out for the tins that are steel instead of aluminium, unless you want some real rust on your model.
Title: Re: Litho plate
Post by: bikerdude666 on March 12, 2012, 07:44:32 pm
I got some from this bloke... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SCRATCH-BUILD-MODELS-LITHO-PLATE-/330700376583?pt=UK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN&hash=item4cff474a07#ht_530wt_1313
Title: Re: Litho plate
Post by: nemesis on March 12, 2012, 08:52:55 pm
Go to your local scrapyard as they often buy it off commercial printers. About a metre square,  Nemesis