Anyone here had any experience using plasticine as NC weight? I'm 15g light for a model I want to fly this weekend and I'm having trouble finding non hardening modelling clay at the local hobby/craft/art supply stores.
Try Walmart they always have clay. Sculpey from the craft store will work as well, just don't bake it.
Thanks all - having a brand name to search for like "sculpey" also helps. I've tracked some of that down at a local craft shop...
I would but the $3000 return airfare to the US might be a little hard to explain to my partner!!
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Just say its for rockets; you really shouldn't need any more explanation than that. :flyingpig:
Sculpy is polymer clay - designed to be shaped and then baked. Plasticine is your classic oil based modelling clay that never hardens even if heated. Plasticine is essentially what Estes has included in their kits for nose weight when heavier weights were not needed (I have a Colonial Viper kit that came with a couple of lead washers). Not sure, but I suspect that polymer clay is not as dense as plasticine, which would require less clay, plus polymer clay is a lot more expensive. Go with the plasticine clay - if worse comes to worse, you can even embed a foshong sinker or two in it if more weight is needed.
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