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White plastic commonly used in conversion


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Sheet styrene.

Also known as "high impact polystyrene".

 

Can be had from Evergreen or Plastruct in the US, as well as other plastics manufacturers. GF9 sell packs of it, they also sell packs of ABS sheet (NOT the same stuff, but similar - if it resists the effects of normal "plastic model glue" it's probably the ABS version - it needs a more 'active' solvent to bond it).

 

Sheet sizes vary as does thickness (Evergreen uses thousandths of an inch for their sizings - 040 is 1mm, for example).

Anywhere that sells model trains or remote control cars is a good place to look for it. Plastruct sheets are about half the price of GF9's at my local hobby shop, and I can get the full range in the exact size and quantity I want rather than a "variety" pack, so don't pay their mark-up unless you really have to.

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