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Cardboard thickness - little help
Hello everyone.
I have a problem. I work in a magazine store and lately they received some magazines that came fixed on cardboard (magazines that come with parts to assemble cars, ships or miniatures of characters from films or drawings), and some buyers do not want to take the cardboard, so I have kept it here to use. I would like to use this cardboard to assemble cardmodels, but these cardboard are 1.3 mm thick. You would have some idea of how I can assemble the model using this cardboard, because after I paste the sheet with the drawing of the model's support, the cardboard will have approximately 1.4 mm. Since the cardboard indicated is 1mm, I have 0.3 to spare, without the glued sheet. Any idea how I can go about reducing the thickness. Thank you and regards to all. |
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Hello Alicee.
I'm finding it hard to imagine how you could decrease the thickness of cardboard without some sort of specialist equipment involved (if such equipment exists), although I wouldn't be surprised if someone here has an ingenious answer. I would be inclined to go ahead with the model anyway and try to make allowances for the thickness of the cardboard. Thinking your way out of difficulties is half the fun.
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Philip is right. You should make a correction for card thickness. For example if you assemble a body of a tank you should reduce its width by double the difference between your card 1.4 mm thick and the needed thickness of the card (1 mm in your case). So you will have: width - 2* (1.4 - 1.0). This correction you need to make everywhere where you use a 1.4 mm card instead of 1.0*mm card.
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wow am I understanding correctly?
...1mm is what I use for the formers in my kits. I wouldn't try to use that thickness anywhere else! 1.4mm is just too thick to cut! the cardstock I use for building and skinning is only .25-.30mm some card can be "delaminated". it will peel apart...but in the process it loses its strength and rigidity. It will bend and crease and curve and be kind of useless.
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Can you attach a picture of the cardboard you are talking about?
this way we can help you with your question
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Dave,
What's your source for that card stock/cardboard? Thanks, Gene K |
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Make your own.
Just laminate it. Print your formers on cheap copy paper and then laminate to card. 1. You can laminate cardstock (buy some cheap brand) 3-4 sheets plus the copy paper. 2. or you can laminate Cereal box card - 2 layers plus the copy paper. 3. Bristol or Poster board...2 layers plus the copy paper. all give you approx. 1mm thickness (I use all three of these methods) I use only 3M Spray 77 Contact (spray glue). Its the best. Not the cheapest, but its worth the cost. Look for the taller bonus cans.
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Missed the original post:
Cardstock & Thick Paper: Pressed together under pressure. You can use a thumbnail to split the layers and pull apart. Not sure how you would determine thickness until layers are removed to measure. Mike |
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Mike, I've done that...in most cases you end up with a rough/raggedy side
(that isn't a huge problem) The biggest problem is that durng the 'splitting' process, the card can buckle and bend. And then its pretty weak after. It never seems to hold its rigidity no matter how thick. If its important that your card retain its rigidity and strength, you need to freshly laminate. The glue probably adds some strength too. Just my opinion.
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