Yes,

use blue insulation foam - or pink - It is the closed cell foam that you
want - It is sandable etc and gives a good finish. There is also a loose
closed ceel foam that can be used for FG moulding (and is sold for it)
don't touch it - it is brittle and comes apart easily... yellow brown in
colour and feels dusty.

Allan Shillitto
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lintokel wrote:

>I was looking into making a new model hull of a modern offshore work
>vessel and was considering a different method of making a plug for a
>mold of the hull (I've done the old solid wood type before but this is
>tedious and requires a lot of sanding and modifications to get it
>right). I've read in the past of using foam (styrofoam, polystyrene
>or some sort) as a material for the master plug due to its ease of
>shapeing. I seam to remember reading an article about it some time
>ago but now that I look on the web I can't find anything that really
>helps with my basic and other questions.
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>Does anyone out there have any links or information on using foam for
>making a plug for later mold making of a ship hull?
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>Ship model building. Lets get some discussion going!
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