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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Captain Blood on 01 November 2009, 05:02:52 PM
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By way of an update, when I was making my F&IW board a few weeks ago, I reported that B&Q were selling an amazingly cheap 4-pack of pink styrofoam boards (ea. 1200mm x 500mm x 50mm) for a paltry 20 quid.
The bad news is they are no longer selling these packs :'(
The GOOD NEWS is that they are now selling individual boards at a ludicrous £3.25 each!
This is amazingly cheap when you consider that various scallywags on eBay are selling small squares of the stuff for two or three times that price.
Take for example the following auction, which is probably just cut up pieces of the very same boards - equivalent price: around £30.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BIGDENSE-PINK-MODELLING-FOAM-SCENERY-TERRAIN-WARGAMING_W0QQitemZ170401152536QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_Wargames_RL?hash=item27acb33e18
So... £30 on eBay for some cut-up pieces.
Or whole sheets in B&Q for 3 quid a time.
You decide ;)
Terrain modellers of Britain - cock a snook at these profiteering foam barons.
Pop round to B&Q while stocks last.
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:'(
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I may have to go have a look on my day off, was gonna say got no terrain projects on the go at the moment but I've just had an idea :'( damn attention span
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Thanks for the information.
Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/
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I hope you have stocked up ready for our project ;)
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Oooooh yes ;)
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Great find, Cap'n - thanks for sharing :D
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Nicely found there Captain, will have to take a look Wednesday.
Cheers
The Commander
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No problem.
They're sold as 'space boards' by the way - designed for loft insulation. So that's the aisle you'll find them on.
Not that I can guarantee every branch of B&Q carries them. But I got a couple yesterday at the Crawley, Sussex, branch - which is a medium-sized shed outlet, not one of the huge depots. And they had a stack of them.
Interestingly, I noticed from a post over on GWP that Focus DIY sell the same product as well at £24 a pack, and currently have a 'buy one pack get a second pack free' offer. The only problem is (having looked on Focus's website) it doesn't actually tell you how many sheets you get in a pack!
If it's four sheets, like the original B&Q packs, then that means you can get 8 sheets of the stuff at £3 each, which is even more ludicrously cheap than B&Q.
If there's only two or three sheets in a pack though, then B&Q still looks like the best bet.
Either way - get 'em while they're hot... ;D ;)
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Good find Captain :D
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Thanks Capt B. Got mine yesterday. Now to find storage space and think what to do with them!
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Make a Mesa............. so I don't have to :)
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Make a Mesa............. so I don't have to :)
He 'll probably make a right mesa it. ;) lol
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He 'll probably make a right mesa it. ;) lol
*Groan*
I hope you have stocked up ready for our project
Now what might this be ???
cheers
James
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He 'll probably make a right mesa it. ;) lol
Double groan
I hope you have stocked up ready for our project ;)
Super secret projects ???
Go on tell us what it is ???
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I hope you have stocked up ready for our project ;)
Does it involve Zorro and Hurons in an ECW setting?
Went into my local Focus yesterday on a hunt, and the loft insulation section has been gutted and replaced with Christmas trees... Foiled!
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Double groan
Super secret projects ???
Go on tell us what it is ???
Something for BLAM 2010. More news when we have an update for you, probably the week before BLAM when we start to build it lol
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Speaking from experiance, can't be done. You need three weeks :D
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You need three weeks :D
Well, obviously, you mean YOU need three weeks. ;) lol
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He 'll probably make a right mesa it. ;) lol
Then again, it could turn out to be a real butte.......
.....I'll get me coat
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Then again, it could turn out to be a real butte.......
lol lol lol
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Something for BLAM 2010. More news when we have an update for you, probably the week before BLAM when we start to build it lol
Mwoooo-hahahahaha...
;)
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Nuts, knew I forgot something today, this is what happens when you have to go to work on your day off :(
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Well:
Checked out Focus: £24.99 a pack (4)
Went to B&Q: £19.99 a pack (4)
So B&Q for the win! :D
Also got through my order of 3000 matchsticks....
Trench system anyone?
(Here we go again!) ;)
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Excellent! Looking forward to seeing those trenches. I only made a small trench system, but it was pink foam and matchsticks at its core!
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The B&Q pricing system is quite strange. At one outlet that I visited they had only the packs of 4 at £20+ (no good for me as I needed 5) whereas at another they had singles at £3.78 each with the pack of 4 priced more expensively at £17+.
How bizzare, didn't see any singles at my branch, but will check again as I'm all for not spending more than necessary.
Cheers
The Commander
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Same at our branch - £3.78 each or £17+ for 4 ???
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Same at our branch - £3.78 each or £17+ for 4 ???
Well the singles are available:
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=10647762&fh_view_size=10&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB%2fcategories%3c%7b9372016%7d%2fcategories%3c%7b9372050%7d%2fcategories%3c%7b9372230%7d&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=lister&ts=1257613158123&isSearch=false (http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=10647762&fh_view_size=10&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB%2fcategories%3c%7b9372016%7d%2fcategories%3c%7b9372050%7d%2fcategories%3c%7b9372230%7d&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=lister&ts=1257613158123&isSearch=false)
But the four packs are 19.99. ??? Hmmm think I'll be taking the pack back for five singles!
Thanks guys, (could have done without the distration of trenches tonight as there be hummers to paint! :D)
The Commander
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Also remember I posted a 15% dicount voucher that's valid for next weekend :)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=14189.0
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Also remember I posted a 15% dicount voucher that's valid for next weekend :)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=14189.0
Yeah cheers for that, turned out they had around 60 separate sheets out the back and hadn't but them out, (a likely story!) :)
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Well that 15% off voucher went to good use!
:D
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building a fleet to take on Akky?
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building a fleet to take on Akky?
Doing the attic out actually! (Maybe a few sheets for other purposes! :D).
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Also remember I posted a 15% dicount voucher that's valid for next weekend :)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=14189.0
Arse, bugger, arse!
Can't get to B+Q tomorrow and I didn't see that until about five minutes ago
Arse, bugger, arse!
cheers
James :(
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lol lol lol
Well that's cleared out the entire styrofoam stock of the West Country :)
What a shame for all that lovely styrofoam to go to waste as mere insulation, when it's clear that its real God-given purpose is for creating battlefields in miniature ;)
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What are you trying to tell us, exactly? An opportunity arose as you saw an open truck door? ;)
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Well that 15% off voucher went to good use!
:D
:o :o :o