Has anyone ever worked with a product called 'balsa foam'?
I enjoy building vinyl / resin figure kits and a couple of the magazines I read suggest using balsa foam to make bases. Apparently it's soft enough to be carved and chiseled but ridgid enough to stand up over time and can be painted. I've not found a craft or hobby store that has even heard of the stuff, but I've found some sites on line which carry it.
In any case, curious if anyone had tried balsa foam and can give me a yea or nay on using it. I'm a fairly experianced modler, but haven't fussed with something like this before.
2007-10-07 16:38:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
This very special new product is amazingly simple to use and a significant time-saver. ... Below are some examples of the amazing things you can do with Balsa-Foam! ...
2007-10-07 16:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by Robert S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, no plane has even been constructed out of just balsa wood. The "Mossie" was simple in construction and design. It was a twin engine, single boom aircraft with the pilot and navigator sitting side-by-side. It was one of the most cost effective aircraft ever built. Included in the construction was Ecuador balsa for the plywood skin, Sitka spruce from Alaska and B.C. in the wing spar, Douglas Fir stringers and birch and ash for the longitudinal members. These were all held together with glue and wood screws. The result was an airplane that was easy to maintain, tolerant of battle damage and simple to patch. It was faster than the Spitfire, flew higher than almost any other aircraft and carried tremendous fire power and a bomb load over tremendous distances. The bomber version operated with relative impunity over Germany to the end of the war, because the Luftwaffe never had a nightfighter fast enough to intercept it. The nightfighter versions remained in production until 1947. As you see from the above, the mosquito has Ecuador balsa plywood as its outer skin, but was not "built of balsa"
2016-03-19 07:35:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
balsa foam
2016-02-02 09:45:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have NOT worked with it, but am impressed after viewing the site that "Robert S" put up: http://www.balsafoam.com/balsafoam/craftideas.asp
I've worked with lots varieties of foam over the years, and this looks promising for working with a good lil machine-tool.
2007-10-08 03:02:32 · answer #4 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋