Making Model Aircraft Building Boards

Magnetic model aircraft building systems.

Making model aircraft building boards.

Must be used on a flat surface. Building with magnets is the best system ever conceived. Building board is about as large you will need for most models. Includes a 13 5 x 32 galvanized made in usa steel sheet and 30 strong magnets.

Magnaboard xl set item b196 price. I have been building on a magnetic building board for years and do not see myself ever going back to pinning things to a board. Also known as readi board this is a polystyrene foam sheet with paper backing manufactured by r l. Search for product by name or item number.

If a wider building board is required have the home supply store cut the size you need from a 4ft. Great planes pro building board 16x48x3 4 great planes pro building board 16x36x3 4. It tends to crumble easy if heavily handled. My thanks to eldon j.

I believe that the old term for this material was donachonda board. Free shipping to continental united states on orders over 49 99. Page 1 of 3. I like to glue the ceiling tile material to a piece of 3 4 mdf board.

The paper gives the thin foam board a lot of rigidity and allows the builder to easily decorate the airplane without worrying about melting the foam. Lind for introducing me to this idea. The mdf is normally very flat and stable while the ct is a bit too flexible on its own. Most of the airplanes i own are made of readi board.

Long building board works fine for most projects. This board will take building pins easily and yet still hold them firm. But it s just the right sort of stuff for building boards to hold pins well. Building board material choice.

A unique building board made from end grain balsa sheet. Aircraft general balsa builders discussion building board material choice. Throughout this site you can see how i use this building system. The size board you need is determined by the size of the model you are building.

The magna board xl set is the extra large version. Comes supplied with a glue protection sheet. Fly hobbies offers already built model aircraft ready to charge fuel and fly. Now after many years i am returning to scratch building and it appears i need a new build board.