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Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« on: July 31, 2014, 04:29:10 PM »
Does anyone know where to get cheap the plaster impregnated bandages they use for making casts when you break your arm/leg etc??
Anyone got access to some for beer? :)

Its for a model I'm making


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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2014, 04:29:51 PM »
Over your wife?  ;D
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Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2014, 04:40:45 PM »
Just throw the blowup away and be done with it! They never last :)
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2014, 04:41:40 PM »
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2014, 04:51:57 PM »
Had a neighbour in Rosanna that turned his whole backyard into a model railway. It was massive and to scale.
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2014, 04:52:49 PM »
Ya gunna do the Gomez Addams treatment to it?
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2014, 05:01:05 PM »
Quote from: Bullant4x4
Had a neighbour in Rosanna that turned his whole backyard into a model railway. It was massive and to scale.


Yup, G scale (Garden).. Plenty of them around.. Im into N Scale, 1:160

My current layout.. although this photo is from 2006, but now all the track is laid, and wiring nearly finished.. Trains will run around it completely...


Planning the scenery now. I Dream of it looking like Paul's layout above, but that bloke was "GOD" - everything hand built, locos, wagons, the mill that actually works - everything is FULLY functional for day/night running.
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2014, 05:19:19 PM »
Bird, being a train addict, do you know if train 8431 is linked with Vera Lynn?

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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2014, 05:22:07 PM »
Bruce when I was a kid I made a few military dioramas and had a train set. A plaster guy gave me a recipe for making a mix that was a bit more flexible than the normal and it worked really well. SFA use to you cause I can't remember the mix lol. Bit we just dip the cloth or what ever in that.
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2014, 05:23:53 PM »
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2014, 05:32:48 PM »
Couldn't you just buy some plaster and cheese cloth? Mix up the plaster and then dip strips of the cheese cloth through it and apply.
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2014, 06:09:30 PM »
Would expanding foam work
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2014, 07:15:08 PM »
A medical supplier would be the place eg http://www.rgmedical.com.au/PDF/product_list.pdf   (Gypsona p 8)
I think it's about $5 - $7 per roll.
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2014, 08:07:26 PM »
Here is a place in Preston for medical stuff

https://www.medshop.com.au/consumables/clinic-consumables-1/p/
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2014, 08:11:58 PM »
What about chicken wire and paper mache. It's about all the newspapers are good for.

http://m.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?isRefine=true&_trksid=p2051337.m570.l1311.R5.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xplaster+band&_nkw=plaster+bandage&_sacat=293&_from=R40

Might get some for the apprentice at work.
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2014, 08:35:33 PM »
Ready Mix in 5m3  lots will sort out most problems . 2 m3 for the Mother in Law  , then the rest of the family  :cup:
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2014, 09:54:09 PM »
Don't skimp when it comes to mothers in law, give her the whole 5 cubic meters.

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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2014, 10:06:02 PM »
l tried that but after 3m3 she was still talking & floating  . Not that lm saying she was /is fat & a wind bag  , & the greatest source of natural gas known to man  . BUT  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:             :angel:
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2014, 12:06:50 PM »
Thanks for the links.. will look into it. was hoping to be able to buy in boxes of dozen or similar to save a bit of coin.
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #19 on: August 01, 2014, 04:00:36 PM »
Quote from: speewa158 on July 31, 2014, 10:06:02 PM
l tried that but after 3m3 she was still talking & floating  . Not that lm saying she was /is fat & a wind bag  , & the greatest source of natural gas known to man  . BUT  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:             :angel:
  ;D I am just imagining if my MIL read that....GOLD :laugh:
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Re: Plaster of Paris bandages for making casts
« Reply #20 on: August 01, 2014, 04:22:40 PM »
If your model broke and arm or leg couldn't you just hot glue or melt it back together like broken Leggo arm?
The plaster roll looks a bit chunky to put a cast on a 1:160 scale Fat Controller.



Yeah........................I know you didn't want it for that.
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