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What is Sintra?
What is Sintra? Why use it on Supertructures?
Sintra is a lightweight rigid board of moderately expanded closed-cell PVC plastic. It has smooth surfaces ready for painting. It machines and cuts easily and can be thermoformed. Sintra does not get brittle with age or exposure to sunlight. My USS Yorktown has a Sintra superstructure that is 17 years old and still looks great. Sintra can be glued with CA medium glue or PVC glue. The light weight makes it ideal for models that are sensitive to top weight.
Sintra is a lightweight rigid board of moderately expanded closed-cell PVC plastic. It has smooth surfaces ready for painting. It machines and cuts easily and can be thermoformed. Sintra does not get brittle with age or exposure to sunlight. My USS Yorktown has a Sintra superstructure that is 17 years old and still looks great. Sintra can be glued with CA medium glue or PVC glue. The light weight makes it ideal for models that are sensitive to top weight.