Depron/Styrofoam where to buy?

[John]

Does anyone know of a good cheap source for Depron or Styrofoam? 5x6mm sheets with P&P are about £6 on ebay, just wondered if anyone else uses it, if so where do you get it?

[John]

Anyone?

[Guest]

sorry no John. cant say iv ever used the stuff.

[Guest]

I don't know about cheap/inexpensive suppliers, these are the companys UK distributers:

UK

Sams Models

www.samsmodels.demon.co.uk

Steve Webb Models

www.stevewebb.co.uk

Flitehook

Tel 0238 0861541

Email pauline@flitehook.freeserve.co.uk

[John]

Thanks Tinker I will take a look at those sites

[Guest]

My clubmate Sandy has a stock of Foam-board for sale if that is of interest. It is like Depron but has paper on both sides. Too heavy for indoor fliers but has uses in normal size `planes. Normally used for mounting photographs, the paper can be soaked off with a little effort leaving the foam undamaged. BIG sheets @ £5 each but transport probs. Some supermarket pizzas come on a Depron (or similar foam ) tray. PM me if you want Sandy`s contact details.

[wonwinglo]

http://www.solcon.nl/gjkool/whatisdepr.html

John is it really Depron that you want ? Depron is just surface toughened foam,ie the sort of material that those meat plates are made from,normally it only comes in small sheets from the free flight suppliers.

But if you want either blue foam or standard bead foam then your local insulation stockists are the cheapest source,I purchased a 5 foot by 7 foot panel of blue foam for £17.00 from such a supplier,take your ripsaw with you and cut it into manageable panels to fit in the car.

See the link above for a good explanation of this useful material.

Foamboard is Depren with that thin card layer,another very useful material especially for making model boxes,remember we did a titotial on this a while back.

[Guest]

Blue foam ; look for your nearest Sheffield Insulations stockist or their own warehouses which are all over UK.

[John]

Thanks all I will pass the info on, it's for a work mate I got him some off ebay but he'd used it in a couple of days, so he's wanting a cheaper source of it for his model making

[wonwinglo]

Dont forget to tell him John that Pizza plates,meat dishes etc are there for free,and there for the asking,these are all made from Depren,for small model making tasks ideal.

[John]

Thanks Barry I will be sure to mention it