Postby John Rickett » November 30th, 2014, 10:37 am
Malcolm,
Litho or to give the full name, lithoplate, are the sheets of malleable aluminium that were used in printing newspapers and the like before digital reproduction came along.
Unused litho, ie the flat sheets, can still be had and are great for reproducing certain cosmetic detail, I'm currently making the windows frames for a DH Dragon. On all the DH transports the window frames were prominent and litho is my preferred choice. It has no structural strength so its only useful as a surface finish when stuck to something else, usually balsa, ply or fibreglass. It has a thickness of about 0.5 mm so on models around 1/4 or 1/5 scale the visible edge looks quite effective.