Cheap pink styrofoam in the UK

[Captain Blood]

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.

[white knight]

 

[voltan]

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

[dampfpanzerwagon]

Thanks for the information.

Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/

[Malamute]

I hope you have stocked up ready for our project

[Captain Blood]

Oooooh yes 

[Gluteus Maximus]

Great find, Cap'n - thanks for sharing 

[Commander Vyper]

Nicely found there Captain, will have to take a look Wednesday.

Cheers

The Commander

[Captain Blood]

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...   

[Lowtardog]

Good find Captain

[Thunderchicken]

Thanks Capt B. Got mine yesterday. Now to find storage space and think what to do with them! 

[Dewbakuk]

Make a Mesa............. so I don't have to

[Malamute]

Make a Mesa............. so I don't have to

He 'll probably make a right mesa it.

[OSHIROmodels]

He 'll probably make a right mesa it.

*Groan*

I hope you have stocked up ready for our project

Now what might this be 

cheers

James

[gamer Mac]

He 'll probably make a right mesa it.

Double groan

I hope you have stocked up ready for our project

Super secret projects
Go on tell us what it is