Polyvinyl for scratch building

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cparnet
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Polyvinyl for scratch building

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I know that Styrene is a pretty popular material for scratch building, but i have a friend who referred me to PVC Sheeting (Polyvinyl). I was wondering if there were any of you on here who had some experience working with this material and could provide me with some information before I spend the money on it. One of the brands he recommended was the Palight Project PVC,
Thanks in advance for any insight. :th:
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Re: Polyvinyl for scratch building

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You're going to need a special cement for pvc if you are used to building with styrene. Try a home improvement store for the stuff. Be careful, most pvc glues are *welders* super hot!
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Re: Polyvinyl for scratch building

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Foamex is good to work with, I think what you havve could well be the same (foamex in UK), I tent to build rock crawler bodys (scale RC) an use super glue with great sucess .... never had a banged up of dropped body fail at a joint yet.. and RC crawler drivers gic=ve models a good old bash around...
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