Monday, September 07, 2015

Product Review

On one of my many trips to Bunnings I finally found the right sort of foam for layout building, extruded (and not expanded) polystyrene. It goes by the name Knaff board. This stuff is about 50mm thick comes in a convenient sized 1200 by 600 (or 4'by 2' for the rest of us) for about $25. I don't know if it comes in larger sizes.


Here we have the wharf and a ship placed on the board. I have a much larger card model to place behind the wharf, which probably needs too be a wee bit higher.


5 comments:

Lewis Holden said...

Interesting, does it cut with a sharp Stanley knife?

Anonymous said...

So the best product available is completely knaff...?

Motorised Dandruff said...

Yes it cuts very nicely with a sharp knife, as Knaff as it is....

0-4-4-0T said...

Will the wharf be modeled at high or low tide?

Woodsworks said...

Your spelling might be a bit knaff, 'cos it's 'Knauf' board :-D

Good find all the same! Searching bunnings.co.nz for 'knauf' turned up 1200x600 sheets in both 30mm ($15.13) and 50mm ($25.91). Bunnings can give good discounts for Farmlands cardholders, so lean on anyone you know who has one! I do, so I'll go check out the prices next Monday when I'm in town.

Paul