Comments on: Plasticard Movement Trays – Warhammer http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/08/17/932/plasticard-movement-trays-warhammer/ War Gaming and Modeling for Pulp, Warhammer, Mordheim and Flames of War Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:37:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stu http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/08/17/932/plasticard-movement-trays-warhammer/comment-page-1/#comment-19595 Stu Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:22:11 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/?p=932#comment-19595 I have considered building a vacuum forming table in the past, for <a href="http://www.studiocreations.com/howto/stormtrooper/index.html" rel="nofollow">other reasons</a> but haven't got around to it yet. The bigger problem locally would probably be sourcing a reasonably priced supply of heat set plastic sheet... I have considered building a vacuum forming table in the past, for other reasons but haven’t got around to it yet.

The bigger problem locally would probably be sourcing a reasonably priced supply of heat set plastic sheet…

]]> By: Fitz http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/08/17/932/plasticard-movement-trays-warhammer/comment-page-1/#comment-19594 Fitz Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:43:43 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/?p=932#comment-19594 Have you considered vacuum-forming movement trays? It's not difficult to do, though the set-up involved would probably only be worth while if you had five or more trays to do. Have you considered vacuum-forming movement trays? It’s not difficult to do, though the set-up involved would probably only be worth while if you had five or more trays to do.

]]> By: Don Rice http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/08/17/932/plasticard-movement-trays-warhammer/comment-page-1/#comment-19519 Don Rice Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:18:12 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/?p=932#comment-19519 When you run out of styrene you have lying around and go to get more, look at styrene strip stock for your rails; it will stay rigid better. Also use styrene solvent glue (plastic model cement etc) which spreads along the styrene by capillary action and softens it briefly it so the two pieces fuse together. I was cutting up the old style Citadel movement trays and extending them so I needed to match the stock. Their thickness is 1/16" with 3/16" high rails (so the rails rise 1/8" above the surface). The rails are 1/8" thick at the base but beveled on the outside (so the cross section is a right triangle). The 1/16" thick styrene sheet is sold here as as .060". I guess that's 1.5mm; the 2mm you're using is probably a good substitute. For the rails, I couldn't find a right triangle cross section. I used L-shaped strip with the open side of the L facing out and filled the interior with putty or wood filler, then sanding to a bevel with a sanding block. This worked fine. What worked even better though was quarter-round strip. I think the size I used was 0.10". Glue that down along the edges with the rounded side facing out, and you can use it as is, but I used the sanding block to get a flat bevel. When you run out of styrene you have lying around and go to get more, look at styrene strip stock for your rails; it will stay rigid better. Also use styrene solvent glue (plastic model cement etc) which spreads along the styrene by capillary action and softens it briefly it so the two pieces fuse together.

I was cutting up the old style Citadel movement trays and extending them so I needed to match the stock. Their thickness is 1/16″ with 3/16″ high rails (so the rails rise 1/8″ above the surface). The rails are 1/8″ thick at the base but beveled on the outside (so the cross section is a right triangle).

The 1/16″ thick styrene sheet is sold here as as .060″. I guess that’s 1.5mm; the 2mm you’re using is probably a good substitute.

For the rails, I couldn’t find a right triangle cross section. I used L-shaped strip with the open side of the L facing out and filled the interior with putty or wood filler, then sanding to a bevel with a sanding block. This worked fine.

What worked even better though was quarter-round strip. I think the size I used was 0.10″. Glue that down along the edges with the rounded side facing out, and you can use it as is, but I used the sanding block to get a flat bevel.

]]> By: MykillM http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2009/08/17/932/plasticard-movement-trays-warhammer/comment-page-1/#comment-19323 MykillM Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:02:46 +0000 http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/?p=932#comment-19323 Looking nice , i just have had no time of late , to do any modeling :( Looking nice , i just have had no time of late , to do any modeling :(

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