plasticard

English

Etymology

Blend of plastic +‎ card.

Noun

plasticard (uncountable)

1. Thin polystyrene sheets used in arts and crafts.
   • 1996 April 22, Ron Kruger, “Modeling: What is Plasticard?”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:

     Your right, plasticard is just another word for those thin sheets of polystyrene model kits are made from.

   • 1997 October 9, Paul and Kristin Shoemaker, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:

     I was looking at the TerraGenesis pages on terrain building (which by the way are great) when a question occured^[sic] to me. What the heck is plasticard exactly and where do you get it? I mean, is plasticard one of those British (no disrespect intended) terms which us Americans can't understand (ie. PVA glue = Elmer's white glue)or am I just missing something very basic?

   • 1997 October 10, DBurgerOTR, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:

     Plasticard is simply polystyrene plastic . . same stuff that is used in all those model cars and planes.

   • 2003 December 18, Danimal, “[MODEL]Plasticard”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:

     Two questions
     1. Where is a good place to get plasticard and
     2. what is the approximate price