wonwinglo

This thread is for locating good quality basic materials for our hobby,if you have had good experience of ordering specialised materials from anyone then we need to know so others will benefit,so share your experience here by letting us know the name of the material/specialised parts etc and from where it is available,over time it will build into a valuable resource on Scale-models saving us all time and money,I will get the ball rolling to give you a rough idea of what we need to know-

Material:Balsa Wood.
Balsa Cabin
Suppliers of high quality balsa wood in many different sizes and grades.
Address-Balsa Cabin,Unit 5,Mill Lane,Fullbridge,Maldon,Essex,CM9 4LD.
Tel:01621-859711.

Get the idea ? give good solid contact information that will save time and trouble in locating the basic materials that we use in our hobby.Thank you.

PS-If you have a better name for the above (MRMD )that spells out a name we can all remember then lets hear from you.

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Uncivil Serpent

OKay,

Here's another couple to get us started.

For plastic sheet and a few other art and craft materials try:

http://www.trylon.co.uk/index.asp

And for tools etc. get hold of Squires Catalogue (free of charge) from

Squires Model and Craft Tools
100 London Road,
Bognor Regis
West Sussex
PO21 1DD

tel: 01243 842525

exceelent service with normally a free next day delivery.

Regards

Chris

wonwinglo

http://www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk/

Carbon Fobre Tow material.
Depron sheet.

wonwinglo

Clear transfer sheet for use with printers.
Excellent sanding rods.
Fine sizes of brass wire for rigging.

Little-Cars.com
Paul Fitzmaurice,
Uncle Jacks,
Lavendon Road,
Olney,
Bucks,
MK46 4HH
01234-711980

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Fibreglass casting resins.
Silicone mould making material.
Bi Resin G26 ( Recomended by NTT)

Alec Tiranti
www.tiranti.co.uk

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Model aeroplane lightweight tissue.
Quality performance rubber.
American Balsa cements,Ambroid etc.
Difficult to find small scale model materials.

George Wallbridge,
01763-287606

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Scales that weigh right down to a few grams,ideal for weighing small materials.

http://www.balances.com/myweigh/

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Bunkerbarge

John,

Can this be indexed somehow and become a seperate resource on the site, a bit like the gallery, where we can all add entries and use as required?

We could all add comments relating to our experiences with a vendor for others to take note of.

wonwinglo

Originally submitted by Smiler86-

Realistic water effect material is made by Faller,their code for this is Faller791.

The material gives one of the best simulation water effects ever,if anyone can supply a good source of supply then we would welcome details here.

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wonwinglo

http://www.buygluedots.com/

Glue Dots.

Glue dots are tiny beads of adhesive that are suspended on a backing film,they have many uses in model building,check them out,free samples are available.

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