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Hamish
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Basically i need to model a house for college and need to be fairly accurate; 1:100 scale.

Need a supply of balsa wood. needs to be 260mm x 260mm x 2mm

I thinking a modeling shop? Any idea what sizes are avaiable?

Any other materials that should be considered
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For a project in high school I built a skatepark to fit a finger bike out of bolser/balsa whatever wood, got it all from a local model shop for next to nothing
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may sound stupid but u tried a fishing shop? they use balsa to make floats used for fishing
Hamish
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havent tryed anywhere yet barnshaw. Only got the project today, need to be in in a week .

Ive got 2 modelling shops close to me. What i need though is sheets of the stuff. Dunno if a fishing shop would have sheet stuff?
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model shops sell sheets of it, my dad use to make his model planes out of it when I was a kid

the most satisfying feeling ever is writing on balsa wood with a biro pen
Hamish
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quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
Basically i need to model a house for college and need to be fairly accurate; 1:100 scale.

Need a supply of balsa wood. needs to be 260mm x 260mm x 2mm

I thinking a modeling shop? Any idea what sizes are avaiable?

Any other materials that should be considered


Surely if it is to be accurate you will need 1:100 scale bricks. Or is the house you are modelling made from wood??

I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
Hamish
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well basically it only needs to be an impression of the house that i am "designing." But it does need to be to scale so that it look proportionally correct
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Foam FTW...
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Here is a site with some advice on selection of the wood

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Some prices from a company in Blackburn

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More

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or try these people

Balsa Wood Supplies Ltd (01903765496 )
Commerce Way
Lancing
West Sussex
BN15 8TE






[Edited on 06-11-2008 by Ste W]

I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
Hamish
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So ive found out that you can only really get strips of the stuff.

Useless. Apparently balsa wood trees are small

Goung to have to use thich card now
paul.mitchell1984
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how about ply wood? cheap enough comes in sheets and available in a variety iof thicknesses

 
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