Gatorboard is a bit pricey.

slagpot

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Hello all,

I've done some on-line shopping for pricing gatorboard. It would appear that you save a little money buy purchasing a large lot of gatorboard at one time. But the problem with this is one would have to buy a lot of 15 4'X8' sheets in a case for around $600.00 bucks.

I don't need to scratch build a city in HO, just a huge BOF structure, measureing 3 1/2' height X 4 1/2 ' length X 3' in width. I guess I can build this structure out of much cheaper stuff than gatorboard, something like foam board with paper backing,instead of wood backing like gatorboard.

Patrick
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MasonJar

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Try signmakers or plastics companies for (poly)styrene sheets up to 4x8. Much cheaper than the hobby store WS packages.

I have a thick (3/32"?) 12"x30" discarded sign I got for free - it'll become part of the hotel I have been (slowly ;)) building.

Andrew