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Old 07-21-2007, 05:46 PM   #1
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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


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Old 07-21-2007, 06:26 PM   #2
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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. Its very hard get a feel for the materials and scale looking online.

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Old 07-21-2007, 06:51 PM   #3
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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. Its very hard get a feel for the materials and scale looking online.

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
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Old 07-21-2007, 09:32 PM   #4
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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.
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Old 07-21-2007, 09:39 PM   #5
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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
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maybe some 2x2 as well. good for structure and stuff.
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Old 07-22-2007, 09:11 AM   #7
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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.
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Sorry West,

I'm a Cash fan as well
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Old 07-22-2007, 02:22 PM   #9
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i can always use a little more cash.
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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!
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Old 07-23-2007, 10:50 AM   #11
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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!
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Old 07-23-2007, 11:37 AM   #12
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you can just score it with an xacto knife and a ruler. then just break it at the score like drywall. really easy.
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cool beans. I got plenty to practice on. Thanks for all the help obijuan.
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