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Fiberglass?


Cygnwulf

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Crazy question here.  I was reading a 'how to' the other day that a guy who makes really professional props was doing, and it made me wonder if anyone had ever worked with fiberglass resin in scratch builds for the table top? I have a lot left over from a bathtub repair and while reading that article I couldn't help but wonder if it would work to strengthen tanks made primarily from stiff paper without obliterating too much detail?  Probably a waste of time, as plasticard is pretty flexible, but I was still wondering if anyone had explored it more than just random brainstorming.....

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Terrain is what I’d recommend it for too: you should be able to create pretty impressive sloping terrain, or big cliffs, or whatever with it. IMHO it’ll be far too coarse to use for anything small, like vehicles.

 

Also, if your problem is that scratchbuilt or converted vehicles are too flimsy, you’re probably better off building more reinforcements into them: don’t just build the outer shell, but add some bulkheads from 2 mm plastic sheet inside the hull. Another option, which you cn combine with the above, is to use thicker plastic sheet for the main components — don’t use 0.5 mm sheet for the hull, use 1.5 mm, for example.

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two problems with fiberglass, as far as I see it

 

first one is warpage, depending on the fiberglass you use it warps as it cures, making it... less than ideal for reinforcing

 

second problem is health, you can't do anything to fiberglass, you can't sand it, can't grind it, can't cut it, without creating silica dust, which is very not good to breathe

 

those would be my concerns

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