Been using EPS for years as it is free w/most pkgd things you buy. Never paid much attention to how to cut it as I use it for base forms. I seal it w/left-over water based house paint & cover it w/PVA'd ground cover, scale rip-rap, cinders and/or drywall taping compound. This allows for carved masonry or rock faces. PaulE
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Well I think I should join in as well .
570 does an amazing job with his creations from Polystyrene, especially for his bases. but I tend to use foam board for buildings. The peelable surface is easily removed if you have purchased KAPPA LINE and extremely easy to work with. Cheaper makes can prove to be harder to remove, the best method is using a hair dryer set on a low heat.
If anyone is interested there are some great help sheets by David Neat at the 4D Model Shop.
http://modelshop.co.uk/Static/Model-Making-Guides.
The shop is a gold mine for anyone interested in materials, but they don't sell model kits!
Of course I have no connection with either David Neat or the 4D Model Shop, but have made a few purchases from the shop and always been satisfied. :smiling2: .Comment
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Hi Al, I should have paid more attention to your title.
For the embankments I use compressed foam boards. These are foam sandwiched by two pieces of card and can be bought at artshops. Stationery shops in Malaysia stock these as well. Before using this material I would have used cereal box card to shore up the sides and before that plaster and sanding flat. I have settled with compressed foam boards as they are easy to slice to fit the contours of the dio base surface.
Some modellers would use single ply ply-wood or balsa for that all wood look after staining. The Japanese would go further and lacquer their wood to a mirror finish like their Bento boxes.
My last picture earlier has the edges lined with the compressed boards.
Cheers,
RichardComment
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