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west virginia krawler 07-21-2007 05:46 PM
Styrene Question?
 
Im going to build a bed for my truck but i dont no what thickness styrene to use. What thickness do you guys use? And do i need angled styrene for the corners? And what size? Will this work?http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXDK71&P=SM
And one more question, does this plastruct bondene stuff work good? Heres a link
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXDJ94&P=SM


Thanks for any help,
Nathan

Stormin2u 07-21-2007 06:26 PM
Nathan,

You should take a trip to your Local Hobby Shop and look threw what they carry the scale will look right to you when you see it. "thumbsup" Its very hard get a feel for the materials and scale looking online.

:lol:

west virginia krawler 07-21-2007 06:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormin2u (Post 777149)
Nathan,

You should take a trip to your Local Hobby Shop and look threw what they carry the scale will look right to you when you see it. "thumbsup" Its very hard get a feel for the materials and scale looking online.

:lol:
Well i dont have a local hobby shop. I wanted to see what most people used. I wish i had one tho. Where i used to live there was a tower hobby.
So what do most of you guys use. Thanks

obijuan 07-21-2007 09:32 PM
you should use .030 or .040 for your main construction and size down from there for more details. you should definately get the angle and maybe 2x4 type stuff and use either plastruct plastiweld or tenax 7.

west virginia krawler 07-21-2007 09:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by obijuan (Post 777335)
you should use .030 or .040 for your main construction and size down from there for more details. you should definately get the angle and maybe 2x4 type stuff and use either plastruct plastiweld or tenax 7.
Sweet, thanks a lot. I was hopeing you would answer the question, cause your bed turned out sweet. Thanks for the help. Im planin on gettin all of it tomorrow. And i am gettin some 2x4 stuff

obijuan 07-21-2007 09:47 PM
maybe some 2x2 as well. good for structure and stuff.

west virginia krawler 07-22-2007 09:11 AM
Ok thanks a lot. I just ordered some 2x2's, 2 packs of .040 styrene sheet, angled styrene, glue, and a sheet that looks like 2x4's. Thanks guys for the help.
Nathan

Stormin2u 07-22-2007 10:49 AM
Sorry West,

I'm a Cash fan as well "thumbsup"

obijuan 07-22-2007 02:22 PM
i can always use a little more cash.

KRAWLR4life 07-23-2007 09:28 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by obijuan (Post 777335)
you should use .030 or .040 for your main construction and size down from there for more details. you should definately get the angle and maybe 2x4 type stuff and use either plastruct plastiweld or tenax 7.
He's right, I used .040 on my FJ Truck build, worked perfect and its still easy to cut, and most of all, its holding up to the crawling abuse!
~John

west virginia krawler 07-23-2007 10:50 AM
Sweet thanks for the help guys. You guys are awsome. Do u guys just cut the stuff with exacto knives, or scissors? Just curious

O and the stuff should be in this week!

obijuan 07-23-2007 11:37 AM
you can just score it with an xacto knife and a ruler. then just break it at the score like drywall. really easy.

west virginia krawler 07-23-2007 01:24 PM
cool beans. I got plenty to practice on. Thanks for all the help obijuan.


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