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[nachoman]

For strip and sheet styrene, no minimum and reasonable shipping I've been using is HOBBYLINC.com. I've found that they have most everything I need.

I had tried to get a 4'x8' sheet of 0.060" styrene for some structure building and bracing from a local plastics distributor, but they wanted a ten sheet minimum ... I laughed and told them the needed to rethink both their customer service philosophy and their marketing approach!

Its not easy to accept having no hobby shop closer than two hours away and no plastics house willing to sell a single sheet any closer than 3 1/2 hours away ... especially after having lived for so long in a large metropolitan area where I could get anything I needed in under 45 minutes ... round trip!

Have you tried some place that make signs? Perhaps they have scraps to give or sell you? I haven't tried that approach yet, but I did pass by a sign place today when i was looking for a printing store...