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Uncle Bulgaria · 2nd Sep 2019, 12:45 pm

Thanks for the tip, stitch1. Unfortunately Presspahn only sell brown (I happen to like the blue!) so it wouldn't match the Uhers, but the site looks an excellent source for all those materials I'm never quite sure where to get.

ajgriff - I hope they just used newspaper as this stuff seems rather too heavy-duty for real fish! Unless they needed the insulation for the stingray tails...

FrankB - this is where the US has some advantages over the UK. Here it's very rare to find such a shop, and they'll only sell lowest common denominator parts anyway. A real nadir was when I couldn't find anywhere in Brighton to buy good quality mains flex, an in-line switch and a good plug. I was reduced to Homebase with plastic packets of cheap and nasty pieces sold at outrageous prices.

2nd Sep 2019, 12:45 pm	#15
Uncle Bulgaria Nonode Join Date: May 2016 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 2,329	Re: Grey insulating cardboard Thanks for the tip, stitch1. Unfortunately Presspahn only sell brown (I happen to like the blue!) so it wouldn't match the Uhers, but the site looks an excellent source for all those materials I'm never quite sure where to get. ajgriff - I hope they just used newspaper as this stuff seems rather too heavy-duty for real fish! Unless they needed the insulation for the stingray tails... FrankB - this is where the US has some advantages over the UK. Here it's very rare to find such a shop, and they'll only sell lowest common denominator parts anyway. A real nadir was when I couldn't find anywhere in Brighton to buy good quality mains flex, an in-line switch and a good plug. I was reduced to Homebase with plastic packets of cheap and nasty pieces sold at outrageous prices.