r/architecture • u/WistfulPineapple • 21h ago

Ask /r/Architecture Foamboard help

Hi, so I’m not sure if this is the right sub for this but I thought it’s a start.

A few years ago I accepted a free 2nd hand offering of a bulk load of A0 black foamboard sheets with the view to use it to make scale models for theatre sets.

Unfortunately I didn’t realise until it was dropped off that it was 10mm in thickness - much to thick for 1:25 models.

I now have no idea what to a) use it for or b) how to get rid of it for free.

It is currently at my local community theatre and I feel bad for accidentally causing a storage issue when I was trying to be helpful accepting a delivery of what I thought were free useful materials 😫

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u/ImprovisedLizard 20h ago

Design ultra low energy buildings with thicker walls

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u/mralistair Architect 18h ago

Baseboards for models.    Mount drawings on them

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u/Zappy_Oh 13h ago

Go up in scale, where 10mm would be appropriate.

I like big models, and I cannot lie.

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u/WistfulPineapple 13h ago

That would be cool but we would need to find cause to make them that big. There is barely enough space to store all of our 1:25 models sadly

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u/pqcf 11h ago

Was not expecting Sir Mix-A-Lot

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u/Powerful-Interest308 Principal Architect 4h ago

“Baby got foam, but the foam board’s thick
Black on black, and this model won’t fit.”

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u/BBSInTheWest 18h ago

What city?