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Blue foam models (OMA style) ???

MDRARC

What kind of foam is this and where (online preferably) can I get it?

Note that this is not your "traditional" styrofoam that you get in boards with a relatively small thickness. Some of these pieces gotta come from huge blocks!

What's it called and where can I get it?

I've googled, but didn't have much luck...

Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

 
Sep 21, 14 2:49 pm

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LITS4FormZ
Search for extruded polystyrene, pretty easy to get.
Sep 21, 14 5:15 pm  · 
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gruen
Same crap you buy at Home Depot + photoshop to make the color pop
Sep 21, 14 6:47 pm  · 
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archanonymous

Home depot/ lowes have it in pink and blue. It comes in up to 4" thick 2' x 8' "boards" and can be easily laminated together. If you want real big blocks, you are going to pay for it. You can buy pre-cast solid plocks of lightweight poly foam several places online, but shipping is a bitch. Better to just get it at home depot and laminate.

Sep 21, 14 7:16 pm  · 
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MDRARC

I'm not in the US so I don't have access to Home Depot and the similar home improvement stores I've been to only sell the thinner boards (no more than 60 mm / 2.36 inches).

@archanonymous can you list here some of those online places?

Thanks.

Sep 22, 14 4:42 am  · 
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MDRARC

Anybody else?

Sep 28, 14 2:19 pm  · 
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“””1991”

One of my favorite.

http://www.frpshop.com/styrofoam-c-39_40.html

Sep 28, 14 5:27 pm  · 
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MDRARC

@Rick+roll

Thanks, but I need it shipped to Europe and unfortunately those fuckers don't ship overseas. :(

Do you know of any others?

Sep 29, 14 12:42 pm  · 
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Carrera

Found a source in Norcross,Georgia; that has blue up to 4" and white up to 3" don't know about shipping, you can check. Foam over that size is too difficult to ship and is generally for industrial use like manufacturing SIP's where they mix/make their own on-site.

http://immitari.com/index.php

Sep 29, 14 2:40 pm  · 
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subgenius

yay, another vote for style over substance.

Sep 29, 14 3:01 pm  · 
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IamGray

Where in Europe are you?

In Germany you can get it at Modulor.de (http://www.modulor.de/en/Plastics-Rubber/Rigid-Foams/Styrofoam-light-blue-untrimmed.html) which also ships.

But this is really just standard insulating board available at any home building / hardware super-store (again in Germany, at places like obi, toom, bauhaus, hellweg, etc..).

Sep 30, 14 5:52 am  · 
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MDRARC

@Carrera thanks, I'm gonna contact them to see if they ship overseas. ;)

@subgenius so, if it's got substance it has to look ugly as fuck, is that it? only a genius could think like that...

Sep 30, 14 7:12 am  · 
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subgenius

"hit dog hollers"

 

(and clearly it reads as "SUB"genius...not genius)

Oct 1, 14 9:50 am  · 
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Mohamad H

Does anyone know the health risks of cutting this stuff with hot wire? can the fumes cause cancer? 

Jan 24, 17 4:02 pm  · 
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randomised

I think I'm allowed to necropost in a thread about deadly, cancerous material, so here it goes:

Yep, those fumes are toxic as hell:

https://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/19/ban-styrene-model-making-architecture-school-washington-university-sam-fox-design-visual-arts-st-louis/

http://www.studlife.com/news/2016/04/18/architecture-school-to-ban-carcinogenic-material-by-fall-2016/

Jan 25, 17 4:03 am  · 
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