Making Model Aircraft Building Boards

I believe that the old term for this material was donachonda board.

Making model aircraft building boards.

Building board is about as large you will need for most models. Magnetic model aircraft building systems. Includes a 13 5 x 32 galvanized made in usa steel sheet and 30 strong magnets. The magna board xl set is the extra large version.

I like to glue the ceiling tile material to a piece of 3 4 mdf board. Great planes pro building board 16x48x3 4 great planes pro building board 16x36x3 4. Building with magnets is the best system ever conceived. Comes supplied with a glue protection sheet.

Free shipping to continental united states on orders over 49 99. The size board you need is determined by the size of the model you are building. If a wider building board is required have the home supply store cut the size you need from a 4ft. A unique building board made from end grain balsa sheet.

Lind for introducing me to this idea. Building board material choice. Fly hobbies offers already built model aircraft ready to charge fuel and fly. This board will take building pins easily and yet still hold them firm.

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. But it s just the right sort of stuff for building boards to hold pins well. It tends to crumble easy if heavily handled. 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.

Most of the airplanes i own are made of readi board. Page 1 of 3. Must be used on a flat surface. Now after many years i am returning to scratch building and it appears i need a new build board.

Long building board works fine for most projects. Model building boards for straight building of models from plans. Search for product by name or item number. Also known as readi board this is a polystyrene foam sheet with paper backing manufactured by r l.

Throughout this site you can see how i use this building system. The mdf is normally very flat and stable while the ct is a bit too flexible on its own. My thanks to eldon j. It is all you will need to be building and flying planes faster and easier than ever before.