Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: mersey dave on February 17, 2011, 06:59:28 pm
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Can anyone tell me where i can buy styrene sheet from in the merseyside area.
Regards Dave.
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Hi Dave
I suggest first place is to look is the model shop in Oxton Road, Birkenhead. If they don't have what you need, Evergreen styrene is stocked by Modelzone in Chester and the model shop in St John's precinct Liverpool.
Both probably more expensive that buying of the internet, but you save the postage.
Good luck
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Hi Dave
I suggest first place is to look is the model shop in Oxton Road, Birkenhead. If they don't have what you need, Evergreen styrene is stocked by Modelzone in Chester and the model shop in St John's precinct Liverpool.
Both probably more expensive that buying of the internet, but you save the postage.
Good luck
Many thanks, do you have any internet links.
Regards Dave.
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any half decent craft shop should have some but expect to pay!
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rennies on bold street, opposite the tills, there is s section full of useful modelling things, but you have to rummage around ! :-)) failing that, model exchange on the north wales coast road at flint
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This eBay seller is in Southport, I've bought from him in the past, delivered personally, but nothing listed at the moment.
Might be worth an email...
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Found this site good
http://www.modelshop.co.uk/category/Raw_Materials/Plastics,l.html?page=11&sortBy=AlphabeticalAsc
Styrene
Rex
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look up your local sign maker - we have one nearby and he lets us help ourselves to stuff out of his skip - BIG offcuts of varying thicknesses of stryene and other plastic sheets and aluminium faced plastic too. We also manage to acquire offcuts of sticky vinyl in assorted colours......Always worth a call.
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I always use Slaters.
https://slatersplastikard.com/
Prices and service pretty good and postage reasonable. :-))
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Thanks all, should find some now from the ideas put forward. :-)) :-))
Regards Dave.
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Ellesmere port model boat show 6/7 march. You should be able to stock up!
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Buying small sheets of styrene, such as those marketed by Slaters, can be very expensive. Here in Auistralia, a company called Mulfords Plastics can supply 2400mm x 1200mm (8 ft x 4 ft) sheets of styrene in thicknesses from 1mm up, starting at about A$30 per sheet, or roughly 15 pounds. A lot of boats can be made from sheets this size. Perhaps someone knows if similar sheets are available in the UK.
Peter.
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As Peter F suggests, similar products are available in the UK.
Look up 'Plastic Suppliers' in Yellow Pages, for your local area.
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Peter
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Ellesmere port model boat show 6/7 march. You should be able to stock up!
Better going on the 5th or 6th :-))
I've bought from
http://www.stationroadbaseboards.co.uk/
no problems
A tip from his Q&As....
Does your plasticard have a gloss or a matt finish & does it Matter?
A:
It does matter. The styrene sheet that I stock is classified as matt. It has a matt finish on one side & a standard extruded finish in the other, this can vary between batches, anything from matt to a low gloss, either side can be painted. Gloss plasticard is coated with a lacquer, this makes it unsuitable for modelmaking as it prevent the paint from keying, it can also cause problems with adhesives.
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Gloss plasticard is coated with a lacquer, this makes it unsuitable for modelmaking as it prevent the paint from keying, it can also cause problems with adhesives.
If that side is scrubbed with fine wet&dry used with washing up liquid added to the water, this will kill the gloss and get rid of the laquer to enable glueing and painting. Even "Virgin" sheets shoud be washed before using.
Regards Ian.
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HI,
Down south we http://www.modelshop.co.uk/ you can by sheets in meter lengths have a look at there site. Also http://www.saffronplastics.co.uk/ these people are Wholsale.
Regards
Destroyer42
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The styrene sheet I use is covered with a plastic protective coating on one side which is easily pulled off. The surface of the styrene is glossy but, as Circlip says, can be "keyed" by rubbing with fine wet and dry paper.
Peter.
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Buying small sheets of styrene, such as those marketed by Slaters, can be very expensive. Here in Australia, a company called Mulfords Plastics can supply 2400mm x 1200mm (8 ft x 4 ft) sheets of styrene in thicknesses from 1mm up, starting at about A$30 per sheet, or roughly 15 pounds. A lot of boats can be made from sheets this size. Perhaps someone knows if similar sheets are available in the UK.
Peter.
Peter,
Is ABS sheet the same as the styrene sheet that you are referring to.
Could not find "styrene" sheet as such in Mulfords product range.
Probably getting confused but had an idea that Styrene sheeting was polystyrene whereas ABS is harder.
However if ABS does the job then thats good news as Mulfords have a Brisbane branch.
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had an idea that Styrene sheeting was polystyrene whereas ABS is harder.
Misused term like "Fibre Glass" and all vacuum cleaners are "Hoovers" and all ball pens are "Biro's"
"Poly"styrene was the original "Plastic" after Bakelite(??) that most rigid plastic goods were made from until the Engineering plastics started to appear.
AcrylonitrileButedineSstyrene was/is a more bounceable version of the original Poly. and lots of the original moldings seen on our toys were a pink colour, found when you scraped the Chrome plating off it as ABS was THE plateable plastic.
For gluing the two types, One of the Keytones (MEK) is better than Cyano as it is a Solvent for Polystyrene and good ole' Balsa cement for ABS.
Both forms of sheet plastic have been used for Vac (Vacuum) formings, another misused term.
Regards Ian
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When I used to trade, I would buy HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene Sheet) from a subsidiary company of Amari Plastics. As has been pointed out, this is your every day styrene sheet which is also used for vac. forming. In fact it was George Turner who put me on to them. At that time if you purchased over £80 worth (inc. VAT) delivery was free. I would buy 11 sheets of 1mm and 10 sheets of 1.5mm 1372mm x 660mm. This equates to £2.95 + VAT and £4.43 + VAT per sheet and at the old VAT rate worked out to £88.26 total.
My club does the same thing enabling members to buy at an economical rate, with most members buying one or two of each, ‘just for stock’. If you Google Amari Plastics, they have branches over the UK.
Regards Jindivik
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Peter,
Is ABS sheet the same as the styrene sheet that you are referring to.
However if ABS does the job then thats good news as Mulfords have a Brisbane branch.
Ian (Circlip) has answered your question better than I could have. Yes, Mulfords are in the Archerfield area.
Peter.
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Misused term like "Fibre Glass" and all vacuum cleaners are "Hoovers" and all ball pens are "Biro's"
"Poly"styrene was the original "Plastic" after Bakelite(??) that most rigid plastic goods were made from until the Engineering plastics started to appear.
AcrylonitrileButedineSstyrene was/is a more bounceable version of the original Poly. and lots of the original moldings seen on our toys were a pink colour, found when you scraped the Chrome plating off it as ABS was THE plateable plastic.
For gluing the two types, One of the Keytones (MEK) is better than Cyano as it is a Solvent for Polystyrene and good ole' Balsa cement for ABS.
Both forms of sheet plastic have been used for Vac (Vacuum) formings, another misused term.
Regards Ian
Thank you :-))
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Ian (Circlip) has answered your question better than I could have. Yes, Mulfords are in the Archerfield area.
Peter.
O0 O0 :-)) :-))
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:embarrassed: Too kind guys. (Note to self, must try to maintain my usual controversial stance)
Just another snippet that I keep banging on about. If you have or can get to any firms that manufacture Plastic windows and doors in your area, various sized pieces of styrene (Poly) sheet are binned as scrap. Better still are those that actually manufacture formed door panels supplied to the previous trades. Now they go through some serious lumps of scrap.
Regards Ian.
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:embarrassed: Too kind guys. (Note to self, must try to maintain my usual controversial stance)
Just another snippet that I keep banging on about. If you have or can get to any firms that manufacture Plastic windows and doors in your area, various sized pieces of styrene (Poly) sheet are binned as scrap. Better still are those that actually manufacture formed door panels supplied to the previous trades. Now they go through some serious lumps of scrap.
Regards Ian.
Now that's lateral thinking and goes to show what is under your nose.
Couldn't see the forest for the trees "Corinthian Doors" nearby.
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Another source of scrap styrene could be any company which makes plastic signs. We had a visitor to our lake recently who has just such a business, and he said he regularly throws out small pieces of styrene sheet which would be suitable for model boat construction. Unfortunately, he was not in our area.
Peter.