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Plaster materials

29/10/2013

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I have been trying lots of different plasters to see which works best in the linka moulds. You will see on the site I have used herculite 2 a lot. But when you try to do the larger plastic moulds it warps due to the expansion whilst drying, especially on the large roof moulds, so I have been combining a number of plasters together and so far getting fantastic results, stronger, longer working time before setting takes place, as well as solving the expansion problems. I will be posting all the findings very soon on the plaster page and on this blog.

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remember Linka

22/10/2013

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What do you remember about Linka and where did you find out about it, For me it was in the Redgates toy store in Sheffield when i was a young boy, then I rediscovered it only 2 months ago by accident on ebay.
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Introduce yourself

22/10/2013

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Just say hello and lets all get sharing and talking
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    I am just an enthusiast that wants to give people a way to share all their stuff and trying to help build a community of enthusiast.

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