ORIGINAL: summerwind
let's talk wood..........how's Balsa USA for buying all the material?
i priced up all that could be needed, and it's about $45.00 which includes shipping.........very reasonable to me, but don't want a bunch of rock hard heavy stuff.
since i can't select it as i use to in the past when we had a real hobby shop here, i'm in a need to know stage.
Balsa USA has a good reputation, but I don't see that you can select grain or weight.
Lone Star is back in business. You can have your order "hand selected for a 20% premium".
Sig sells contest grade balsa as well (for a premium...)
The last large balsa order I made was to Lone Star just before the fire. I ordered an assortment of the "bundle deals" (10 sheets of the same size) and ALL of the wood was very nice. The sticks were straight and the sheets were good medium grade A and B grain.
Lone Star has a note that they are out of contest grade until the end of this month.