plasticard
nounEtymology Blend of plastic + card.
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Thin polystyrene sheets used in arts and crafts.
- Your right, plasticard is just another word for those thin sheets of polystyrene model kits are made from.1996 April 22, Ron Kruger, “Modeling: What is Plasticard?”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022:
- I was looking at the TerraGenesis pages on terrain building (which by the way are great) when a question occured^([sic]) to me. What the heck is plasticard exactly and where do you get it? I mean, is plasticard one of those British (no disrespect intended) terms which us Americans can't understand (ie. PVA glue = Elmer's white glue)or am I just missing something very basic?1997 October 9, Paul and Kristin Shoemaker, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022:
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- Plasticard is simply polystyrene plastic . . same stuff that is used in all those model cars and planes.1997 October 10, DBurgerOTR, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022:
- Two questions 1. Where is a good place to get plasticard and 2. what is the approximate price2003 December 18, Danimal, “[MODEL]Plasticard”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022: