Scratchbuilding from PVC

[Brian Austin]

 

[Brian Austin]

 

[NOBLNG]

Wow! Now THAT is scratch building! Talk about making do with what you have.?

[Brudda]

Pretty cool. 

[Oldcarfan27]

I've used sheets of black PVC to build parts of a car body before. Material works GREAT as a formable medium and super glue makes an indestructible bond to it. It's also flexible enough to take rough handling through bodywork and shaping. Only downside is it is porous, so areas with extreme changes need to be filled with more super glue or putty and sanded to fill in the voids to make it solid. Small downside compared to the benefits. 

I got sheets from a store that was throwing out their old plastic display signs. A great way to get sheet plastic on the cheap, BTW. 

[Brian Austin]

Do completed components made this way warp with time?

[Oldcarfan27]

1 hour ago, Brian Austin said:

Do completed components made this way warp with time?

I can't say about long term, as I just started using it this year. I'd have to say it's pretty stable as the sign it formerly was used as lasted quite a few years without distorting before I cut it up. PVC is used for plumbing pipe and other long term construction materials and it has to be able to remain strong. 

Here's the project I used it on. The black sheets are PVC.