WIP Groundwork

[Ron Tamburrini]

Been working with this stuff of late . Its called Kingspan which is a dense insulating foam used in the building trade and comes in several thickness's 30 up to 150 mm or even more .

Used a lot by railway modellers for rock formations ,great for carving and doing all sorts of scenic things with , takes paint well ,and glues don't affect it either as it is fireproof .


First one will be used ,with a 90 mm fig the two on the one base are just trial bits and the unpainted one is the raw material.
Comes in 8'x4'sheets @£15 .00 for the 30mm stuff , enough for a lifetime

 

[BarrieHynd]

This stuff looks good Ron.

Barrie

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

This stuff looks good Ron.

Barrie

It is Barrie , the only drawback is that you need to reinforce the area where you are going to fix a figure but that ain't hard you just hollow out underneath and glue in a bit of wood such as 6 or 9 mm ply and drill and pin the figure ,you can shape it with all sorts of things as it malleable ,most of what you see was broken off with my fingers .the paving was just indented with a steel rule .

 

[maco61]

Thanks for the tip, Ron!
Seems to me an excellent solution for settings.
Ciao by Maco

 

[smudger1960]

That looks really interesting and nice Ron,comes up well with paint,really nice,thanks for the tip

 

[bistray]

used this plenty in the building trade, never thought about it for scenic work, great idea Ron

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

used this plenty in the building trade, never thought about it for scenic work, great idea Ron

Why not Paul look at all the other things in the building trade that can be used plasters , fast set ,multi purpose , scrim net ,fine metal lath and so on

 

[megroot]

It's great stuff. Do you used the yellow or the blue stuff.

Marc

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

It's great stuff. Do you used the yellow or the blue stuff.

Marc

Don't think it matters Marc ,there is also pink

 

[kagemusha]

Superb tip Ron T.......do you have a web link for it?

Ron C

 

[Gellso]

Looks the biz.

Gells

 

[Mark S]

Great idea, looks good Ron........if it's compatible with Cream of Tartar, it'll be just wonderful.

 

[DEL]

Don't think it matters Marc ,there is also pink

Figures that you'd know that

 

[Adrian Cowdry]

I have been looking to get some of this...any recommendations as to a good supplier?

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

I have been looking to get some of this...any recommendations as to a good supplier?

Where do you live Adrian ,in the uk you can get it in most decent builders merchants IE Jewsons but you would need to buy an 8' x 4' sheet Around £15.00 for 30mm thick , you may be able to get half sheets in B&Q .
It is easy to cut just run a Stanley blade down the one side flip it over and break it's back with your knee just the same as plaster board but a lot easier as there is no weight to the stuff .
IF you are really stuck I can send you a bit .

 

[Adrian Cowdry]

I am in the Sutton area of London/Surrey - we have a new Jewson's about to open in a couple of weeks. I'll keep an eye out.

 

[abbo]

If you kook out for a local site thier building new homes you'll probably find some dumped in a skip.
I'd suggest asking if you can take it first though.
Martin

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

If you kook out for a local site thier building new homes you'll probably find some dumped in a skip.
I'd suggest asking if you can take it first though.
Martin

Good point Martin ,it gets chucked out in obscene amounts .

 

[brian]

Very well done Ron.
Brian

 

[swralph]

Nice idea.