I recently picked up a back issue of MR from the late 1980s and it mentions in an article using “Illustration Board” to use for a material for scratch building a wall section in a building. I tried a few local places in NJ including a local chain store called Michaels, but nobody seems to have it. Does anyone know if this product goes under another name or where I can purchase it. Thanks…Phil…
I purchased this type of material in North Little Rock, AR at the local Hobby Lobby store. I believed they called it presentation board and it was located near the poster board in the back of the store.
Any art supply store should have it in various thicknesses.
OR you could Google it: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=strathmore+illustration+board
Andre
I can’t quite put my name on the individual - Al Armitage??? - who advocated Strathmore/illustration board as a scratchbuilding material - I tried it one time with less than favorable results but I have seen some snappy construction done with it so know that the fault apparently is not with the process itself.
I am a little surprised that Michaels did not have what you are looking for but I must admit that I don’t do a lot of purchasing at Michaels and I have never been in there looking for the product you were attempting to locate.
Almost any burg of any consequence at all has an “artists colony” and therefore is going to have at least one facility which is going to attempt to fill those artist’s needs. The first time I ever encountered Strathmore/illustration board was in a Standard Brand Paints Store; that was, admittedly, many years ago and Standard Brands is no longer in business but you should have somewhere in your community which handles it and you can probably locate it through the yellow pages under “Artist Supplies”. I live in a rather substantial southwestern US community and the store where I would go to get illustration board, were I looking for some, is listed there in the yellow pages.
Easiest bet - big-box office supply stores.
I picked up a big box of 22x28 sheets for a reasonable price at Office Max. I’m sure that Staples and Office Depot can match it, but Office Max was closer to home - and right next to the local Home Depot.
While I’ve seen illustration board used for structures, I’m using mine in track laying (full size templates, and cut up for shims.)
If memory serves, E. L. Moore was the big user of Strathmore. Al Armitage was the earliest styrene guru.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
That’s why I put question marks behind Armitage’s name; sometimes it gets a little hard to tell the players without a program. I do remember, however, that Linn Westcott was the adherent of hardshell, zip texturing, and L-girder.
E.L. Moore used mainly balsa wood
Bill Clouser was the Strathmore guru.
Jack Work worked mainly in Strathmore
Alan Armitage was THE styrene guru
Where in Joisey are you? If you’re close to Trenton/Lawrenceville, try Triangle Your Creative Center (used to be called Triangle Art) at US Highway 1 southbound and Darrah Lane, Princeton (actually it’s Lawrenceville) NJ (609)883-3600 or Toll Free at (800) 792-8800 and their website is http://www.triangleart.com/ They have illustration board and foamcore board listed on their site. The also have brick and mortar stores in Atlantic City, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Camden, Monmouth and Ocean NJ. It’s just that the Lawrenceville place is the one I’m closest to. Good luck.