[oldguynewatthis]

I am trying to find a product that Walthers (Trains) calls "Architectural Grade Card stock"

Model Railroader quoted a Walthers face book page thusly:

"Quickly becoming a popular medium in Europe for lasercut models, this material is museum-grade, hard-pressed model makers... See More’ board. This material is both durable in construction and highly resistant to warping due to its thickness and dense composition."

Does anyone know anything about this material--brand name, sources, specs, etc.

I am new at this, so hopefully I am in the right forum.

[bobsch]

Try a local art supply store. If they don't have it they may know where to get it.

Framing shops stock many different kinds of mat material in different thicknesses and surfaces also.

[Litografa]

Agree with bobsch, at least 90% of our customers buy materials for modelling from art supply shops. Some of them use Rowmark ADA plastics for modelling - excellent cut quality with laser, two thicknesses, different color, rigid.

[oldguynewatthis]

Thanks for the suggestion. We have two good Art Supply stores in town as well as a paper supply store for printers. Acting on your suggestion, (which was a good one), I have visited all three.

I took a sample of what I am looking for with me. No one had ever seen it before.

It is about twice as dense as a cardboard backer, stiffer, and about the same thickness.

The employees of the various shops suggested that I talk to an architect, which I will do next week.

I am hoping that some of the European readers will recognize it.

[Litografa]

Could you post here some pictures of this product

[zax15uk]

There are various high density card stocks available for building architectural models.

You may want to use something like this: http://www.taskboard.com/ or Museum Board http://www.hullsnewhaven.com/cgi-bin...m_Board-Rising

I also like to use basswood but it is more difficult to steam bend.

Zax.

[oldguynewatthis]

I took a photograph. It doesn't show much. It just looks like regular cardboard backer. The sample I have has copyrighted material on it and I am reluctant to post the photo.

I should have added that the guy at the paper store put a micrometer to it and measured its thickness at 44 pts. One of the Art Supply stores I visited does carry the museum board, and it is not that. The manufacturer lists the thickness of museum board at 30 pts., 60 pts., and 120 pts.

It is also not Taskerboard. I wasn't familiar with that product but it looks impressive. For my purposes, it may be even better than the product I am looking for. It certainly looks nicer, it sands. and it is easy to form.

Even though I may be using Taskerboard, I'd like to keep this thread alive until someone identifies this product.

Thanks for the replies and suggestions. As you can tell, I am following all of them up.

[zax15uk]

It could be a product by Crescent, similar to RagMat but I think they discontinued the 45pt archival mat. May be worth calling them or locating a local store that carries it.

http://www.crescentcardboard.com/products.html

Zax.

[MonoNeuron]

A good place for dense card stock is the outer cover of X-Ray sheets. It's not too thick so may not be what you are looking for but it is pretty dense and cuts well. It leaves a slight resinous film behind at the cut line but it may be worth while using to try out prototypes or different shapes until you get it right and then cut it from the good stuff. My specialist X-Ray man delivers his waste to our door. :-)
Their free from most X-Ray departments as they throw them out and they go through hundreds of them. The X-Ray sheets that aren't used are also a good source of plastic for making stencils etc. Ask some of the departments for their rubbish and try it out.
Rich.