Wood Prototyping or Model Making

[middle.road]

Sugar pine is a western costal wood, relatively soft, close grain with little or no prominent grain, it is or was used for moldings, it is getting a bit hard to find, but I'm working with a quantity that I bought many years ago.

Sweet, a stockpile of aged & dried material.
Yeah, I went straight to wikipedia and saw the map for the area where it grows. Very limited.

 

[benmychree]

Pine would be used for patterns that would be used in low production quantity, mahogany for patterns subject to higher use/abuse, and finally metal, usually aluminum for production work. I see larger patterns being made of thick plywood now and the use of two part plastic castable
stuff for pattern work, especially for core box work, I have used it for years, it makes core box work quite easy compared to built up wood.