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Modelmaking Basics: Tips for Working With Cardboard, Matboard and Chipboard

FoamCore is often the go-to modelmaking material for designers and architects. But there are times when you may opt for matboard/chipboard/cardboard due to budget, availability or color. These materials obviously don’t behave in the same way as FoamCore, but you can still get good results if you follow some basic principles.

In this video industrial designer Eric Strebel runs you through those basics, offering some great tips along the way: How to induce tension into the structure, how to apply glue to thin edges precisely, the order in which you should trim to fit and more.

https://www.core77.com/posts/80048/Modelmaking-Basics-Tips-for-Working-With-Cardboard-Matboard-and-Chipboard