Zenbadger wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:36 pm
I bought some Sally 4th Terra-Formers just to see if they are any good. So far OK but I only have one half assembled.
I've looked at those but in the end decided that they didn't really offer anything over using extruded polystyrene as a base, certainly not enough to warrant the added expense.
I'll be interested to hear what you think when you've had firtle with them
I had some TSS tiles and they were great apart from two things - edge chipping/denting and drifting apart in use. The MDF faces and magnets should stop both of these things. Hopefully.
Zenbadger wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:49 pm
I had some TSS tiles and they were great apart from two things - edge chipping/denting and drifting apart in use. The MDF faces and magnets should stop both of these things. Hopefully.
If it's the 2ft ones then they're a different sort of polystyrene (the bead sort) which can be a bit "tender"
I've always used the extruded stuff, which is like a solid block and i've lugged tiles all over the country for shows without any damage.
The first set I did had gaffer tape around the edges for protection but i didn't bother with all the others. I have wondered about adding magnets to them though as I was never really happy with 2 inch elastic holding them together
Zenbadger wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:30 am
Found a problem, the terra-formers are 48mm deep and my polystyrene is 50mm deep. I'm just going to glue a 300mm square sheet of 3mm mdf to the top.
Does that mean you are basically making an open bottomed box that you're going to build on top of?
That seems a shame as the strength of the system is the ready profiled edges for hills, rivers etc...IMHO
The other option would be to use a hot wire tool to cut your polystyrene flush with the MDF?
Yeah, but I am struggling to get polystyrene in usable quantities as 2m sheets are a bit of a pain to cycle 10+ miles with and the cheapest delivery was a minimum order of £50. Right now I am thinking of open mdf framework and plaster bandage like I have used on my model railway. I can get that from my local art shop.
Zenbadger wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:15 pm
I am struggling to get polystyrene in usable quantities as 2m sheets are a bit of a pain to cycle 10+ miles with
