Hello fellow scratch-builders.
I have for some time now encountered a problem with finding foamboard in Europe. I my self am from Denmark. I have recently come across a few articles and websites about foamboard and more specificly foamboard in Europe. A bit of info on the foamboard can be found a the bottum of this post.
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I have learned that a company called '3A composites' have made a line of foamboard called "KAPA line", which to the description should be exactly like the dollar tree foamboard that the flitetest guys are using, however i cannot, i a practicall mannor of speaking comfirm this. this is the reason for the article; I would like to know if someone here at the flitetest community have tested this line of foamboard, and if so tell me if it is like the kind that the flitetest guys use.
So therefore here is a little list of website, of companies, all around Europe, who sells the KAPA line foamboard, only problem is that most companies won't let you buy a single piece over the net; well they wont deliver a single piece because it cost to much to transport due to the fragillity of foamboard, so this has to be specially delivered, or you have to go the store and get it for you self (that is my main problem, the delivery).
http://www.tegneogkontor.dk/shop/kapaline-5mm-70-8331p.html#.UnlA8_lFWpA, Denmark, Odense
http://www.largeformat.dk/kapa-plader-skumpap-p-307.html, Denmark, just north of CPH
http://modelshop.co.uk, UK, London
http://www.greatart.co.uk/Papers/Specific-papers/Cardboards/Kapa-Line-Boards.html, UK, london
http://www.adlerbs.co.uk/storefront/Kapa-Line-Foam-Board-500x700mm-5mm-thickness-Pack-24-P-173386#.UngY_flFW0C, UK colchester
The following company sopposedly delivers to the UK, Germany and France, but i could not find any pricess, delivery terms or the likes, i propally just over looked it, but still keep and eye out:
http://www.kohlschein.de/en/produkte/kapa-platten/kapaline
This foamboard is made in different meassurements:
5, 10, 15, 20 mm thickness
500 x 700 mm, 700 x 1000 mm, 1000 x 1400mm, 1400 x 3000mm, 1530 x 3050mm and 2030 x 3050mm lenght and width. The foamboard has a polyurethane foam core, and is covered on both sides with paper (some would call it carton, that is a papir which is a little-bit thicker than your everyday printing papir).
The pricing i found differse a little from store to store and country to country, but it is around 2-10 Euros, 1-8£ and 25-75 DKK. CHECK THE PRICE when you look for this stuff, do not buy it for more than this, per piece, some stores take up 50£ A PIECE, which i dont understand, so make sure that the price is right, should you decide to put it to the test.
Sorry if i havent found a company that is close to your area, however should it turn out that this KAPA-line foamboard is the right stuff, then i think, you aren't gonna have a hard time finding it. searching on google for the "KAPA line foamboard" is somewhat easy.
I REALLY hope someone has or will test(ed) this product, since this might be an answer to our/my prayers for foamboard in Europe. have a good day.
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