I recently received an Appliance which came packed with a large variety different sizes of white foam. Is this phone okay to use for scenery? I have blue foam as a base, but was wondering if the swipe phone was okay to build up Hills with.
you can use it for scenery, but be warned that it’s pretty messy with a saw or a knife … lots of beads flying around … not bad with a hot knife
Once covered with plaster/mud it serves the purpose.
But; it won’t carve well,as stated you’ll have a mess. Almost impossable to get any detail in it. I used it as a filler,with blue/pink on top.
I have so mutch blue/pink on hand I just look away and toss it
Roy Smith of UP Evanston Sub on YouTube has some videos where he explains how to use it. He had to because he lives in Panama and extruded foam is hard to get there. His channel is here if you want to check it out.
Only caution re hot knife or hot wire cutter is some types of foam give off toxic fumes when heated. If nothing else, try to cut in well ventilated area.
A Woodland Scenics hot wire dose not emit toxic fumes but others due because of their higher temp.
Excerpt from WS product info: “Some foam products such as polyurethane foam may emit toxic fumes when heated. Use in ventilated area.”
Gordon Odegard used white foam when he built the N scale Clinchfield layout.
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He shaped it with a Stanley Surform Rasp! That must have been an amazing mess to see.
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Yes, you can use it. It is messy, and you will need to top the surface with mud or another filler.
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-Kevin
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I’ve used white foam before. It should work fine for you. No question that most any cutting tool on the foam generates a lot of debris. Have a shop vac ready and don’t wear anything too clingy.
Get some anti-static spray when carving/sanding any of the foams. A valuable tool along with the shop-vac.
Have fun,
Richard
Thanks for the link.
Accually do resurch, the Woodland scenics cutter only gets to 425degrees, toxic is 467degrees.