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| Quote (seekermeng @ 15 2005 Mar.,23:59) | | I use evergreen plastic products for the most part. ?I have used Plastruct in the past but didn't like it as well. |
Any particular reason? Is Plastruct by any chance the type that *cannot* be glued using polystyrene cement?
(don't ask me were I picked this up, but I am quite certain that there is some fairly well-known type of plastic sheet were this applies...probably there is some reason for that, too, but I can't imagine what that could be  ...unless perhaps it is ?somehow related to some other material properties, such as heat resistance etc. ? )
| Quote (Justiniel @ 16 2005 Mar.,12:44) | | I'm sure someone here would always mail you a couple of sheets if it came down to it |
Yes, I'm sure there are enough people here willing to do that, and that's a reason why I like this place  .
But, you see, my problem is not actually the ordering part. It would have been just a few months ago, before I finally decided to get a credit card.
No, my problem is that I don't want to buy plasticard - and even less so the other plastic stuff, like rods, T-bars etc - without seeing (that is preferably to the point of touching!) it firsthand, because there are things you can't really judge from an web image - and I'm not even accusing anyone of picture manipulation or somesuch , it's just that details like the sharpness of edges, surface texture etc. doesn't always show too well on photos, compared to a good look from a few cm with MK.I eyeballs  .
And I certainly don't want to cause anyone the hassle of buying samples, sending them to me, me deciding I don't like half of them, mailing them back, and him having to return them to the shop, assuming that would even be possible...
No, definitely not if I can try to get them myself. I just need to know where, since you do not generally find modelling or crafts stores on Oxford Street or Piccadilly (well, in fact Ork's Nest - a scifi/fantasy store where they used to sell Milliput - is on New Oxford Street, but they didn't have plasticard the last few times I checked )
| Quote (CyberShadow @ 16 2005 Mar.,16:05) | | Beaties used to sell it, and generally the smaller hobby shops have it. |
Can you give me any more details, since I have never heard of a shop/chain called "Beaties" ?
I tried googling for it, entering "beaties London":
I got results including a dog kennel, baby stores, clothes stores, the suggestion by Google to change it to "Beauties", and the predictable number of websites with typos that were supposed to read just that way...:laugh:
But nothing related to modelling/crafts/hobby supplies(at least on the first few pages, before I decided just asking might be a better idea...). [When I tried narrowing the search with some ANDs and the above keywords, I got barely anything at all, and that was either useless or the websites didn't refer properly....]
However, I did a search for "London Model Shop" too, as Stormseer suggested, and got some results, including one that says they sell to architects, which might be a hit... have to check this out when I'm not sleepy
Cheers,
Drasannar
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