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Plywood. My dining room table is now a legitimate 6x4. I will christen it this weekend with the start of our Dux Brit campaign

Jeremy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:25 pm Plywood. My dining room table is now a legitimate 6x4. I will christen it this weekend with the start of our Dux Brit campaign

Thats just what I need. Is plywood better than mdf and what thickness are you using.

I would have to paint mine a nice shade of green to match Humbrol Grass Green.

It’s a gamble Ilkley, I have no idea if it’s better or not, I’ll let you know! I’ve gone for 12mm plywood. I’ve got 3 pieces, each 2 foot x 4 foot. That way I can make a proper 4 foot by 4 foot using 2, or 6 foot by 4 foot using all 3.

I’m not planning to paint mine as I use cloths. I’d also be concerned about warping. I suspect you’d be better off with marine ply as it won’t warp. It’s a bit more expensive and a bit harder to come by, but will probably suit your needs more.

My dining room table is extendable to 6 foot by 3 foot. That lack of depth is always an issue for me. Not anyway more!

I’ve had it all warp.
The only safe option is to concrete over it.

3 ply with 2X1 timber frame. Paint the sheets on both sides before attaching the frame. Or just buy doors.

Purple wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:51 am I’ve had it all warp.
The only safe option is to concrete over it.

Quite right. Last thing you want is a plywood coffin bursting open when you and the local constabulary are having a chat about road safety out on the patio.

Jeremy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:25 pm I will christen it this weekend with the start of our Dux Brit campaign

Our club has just started a FoGR ECW campaign. I am Sir Ralph von Wre....errr....Hopton. Already learned something interesting about him - most people familiar with the ECW know that he was a lifelong friend and military comrade of his opponent, Sir William Waller, but they were both......Puritans! I know, weird or what? Apparently, remaining loyal to his King trumped remaining loyal to his fellow-congregationalists. Both he and Waller attended the same church/meeting house as well, and - for good measure - were quite similar in appearance.

Anyway, it's August 1642 again, and Move 1 has just been submitted. There are seven of us (should have been eight but the chap playing "Prince Rupert" is seriously ill, poor bloke), plus an umpire - Fairfax is in Hull (where all traitors rightly belong), Essex is in London, Cromwell is in Suffolk, and Waller in Swindon (another place where all traitors rightly belong); the King is in Derby, Rupert (in absentia) in Oxford, Grenville is coming up from Cornwall, and I am in Farnham (about 20 minutes' actual drive away, since they built ye olde Hindheade Tunnelle).

When you say Essex is in London, have you been getting directions from EB again?

I have a load of Baccus 6mm being painted up for my on ECW project, the Hackenthorpes of Hallamshire will be joining Black Tom though, rather than that Newcastle fellow.

Jeremy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 11:26 am When you say Essex is in London, have you been getting directions from EB again?

Nah, he'd be trying to figure out the Moscow metro if he had.