Making Model Aircraft Building Boards

Building board material choice.

Making model aircraft building boards.

It tends to crumble easy if heavily handled. Aircraft general balsa builders discussion building board material choice. Now after many years i am returning to scratch building and it appears i need a new build board. Aug 22 2017 01 01 pm 1.

The size board you need is determined by the size of the model you are building. My thanks to eldon j. Must be used on a flat surface. Magnetic model aircraft building systems.

It is all you will need to be building and flying planes faster and easier than ever before. Model building boards for straight building of models from plans. Building with magnets is the best system ever conceived. I like to glue the ceiling tile material to a piece of 3 4 mdf board.

Search for product by name or item number. If a wider building board is required have the home supply store cut the size you need from a 4ft. But it s just the right sort of stuff for building boards to hold pins well. Comes supplied with a glue protection sheet.

Great planes pro building board 16x48x3 4 great planes pro building board 16x36x3 4. I have been building on a magnetic building board for years and do not see myself ever going back to pinning things to a board. This board will take building pins easily and yet still hold them firm. Most of the airplanes i own are made of readi board.

Lind for introducing me to this idea. The magna board xl set is the extra large version. Page 1 of 3. Throughout this site you can see how i use this building system.

I believe that the old term for this material was donachonda board. The paper gives the thin foam board a lot of rigidity and allows the builder to easily decorate the airplane without worrying about melting the foam. Building board is about as large you will need for most models. Long building board works fine for most projects.

Also known as readi board this is a polystyrene foam sheet with paper backing manufactured by r l. Free shipping to continental united states on orders over 49 99. The mdf is normally very flat and stable while the ct is a bit too flexible on its own. Fly hobbies offers already built model aircraft ready to charge fuel and fly.