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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler writes:
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> > > Thank you, Maggie and Aaron, for the information. I won that second
> > > auction, so I'll give a review of the set when I receive it.
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> > I received the item today, and it's, well, sort of weird. I've given it
> > only a cursory inspection, but the plastic appears to be PVC, and the parts
> > are packaged on a couple of sprues.
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> ?? Really??
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> Not some sort of Styrene but Poly Vinyl Chloride, the stuff that those
> offwhite household sewage pipes are made of? That's wild. I would have
> expected Polystyrene (which is not as good as ABS, the "better" styrene) for
> this usage. I didn't think PVC molded all that well but it's been a while
> since Organic.
Doh! Hoisted by *my* petard! I think you're right, insofar as I can
judge the plastic simply by handling it; polystyrene it is.
I spell Chemistry with a capital F.
Dave!
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| Actually, PVC can be molded into moderately detailed shapes. There is a model railroad materials company (evergreen I think) that makes trusses, I beam, tubing, and etc. out of PVC. It's much more slippery than styrene, requires a different glue, (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) ?? Really?? Not some sort of Styrene but Poly Vinyl Chloride, the stuff that those offwhite household sewage pipes are made of? That's wild. I would have expected Polystyrene (which is not as good as ABS, the "better" styrene) for this usage. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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