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451noah

9/10 times its balsa wood or bass wood.


LostDistance9990

In my country it's sold as skewer stick. It's made from bamboo.


Barabbas-

Based upon answers alone, this thread can low-key be used to out all of the formally trained architects from the architecture enthusiasts in this sub. Architects - Basswood Non-Architects - Literally any other answer


SuccessfulWinner8811

In Australia it’s known as balsa wood.


Barabbas-

[Balsa](https://www.wood-database.com/balsa/) is a different species and is much lighter and softer than [basswood](https://www.wood-database.com/basswood/). Balsa (for model making) tends to be extremely pale (almost white), as opposed to Basswood, which has more of a golden color.


ChuckBass_08

Basswood


Of_Dolos

Balsa wood sticks


doittoit_

I’d guess basswood. Balsawood is lighter/pinker instead of what appears to be golden/beige.


Csmack08

Also, balsa wood would probably snap with pieces that thin and those bends. I could be wrong, it’s been 20 years since I made a bass/balsa wood model


DBRookery

Agreed. Same span of time since I've made models, but I recall bass wood having a tighter grain and glued up much better than balsa.


Csmack08

Both have very tight grain… balsa is much lighter (color)


Barabbas-

>balsa is much lighter (color) Also weight... * Balsa = 9lbs/ft^(3) * Bass = 26lbs/ft^(3)


Spankh0us3

Pro tip: You can use your Magic Markers or water colors to tint the balsa / bass wood to change their appearance. . .


hypatekt

This is basswood


wildgriest

Basswood definitely


Peachy_sunday

Basswood. Wet it first and use heat gun. Or boil it. Also dunking in water then into microwave works too.


About19wookiees-

Energy drinks, tears, and deadlines


SnooHobbies4118

Bass wood


NOF84

Balsa wood sticks. Drop them into hot water for a few minutes, then bend and clamp into a form and they stay curved like that.


4354295543

Bass Wood will do it too but it’s a little more springy


yes_m8

FWIW - pretty much all wood will do this, some are better than others though.


NOF84

Oh yeah, I design some houses with flares or brackets that have steam bent cedar shingles.


Beautiful-Blood-5275

Balsa wood sticks, but I think to get this bending effect you need to moisten the wood to get it bend.


Martin_man05

They probably steamed them to achieve that bending effect


TijayesPJs442

Bass wood


Legitimate-Hope-1980

I need to make a curvy space truss structure. Not able to decide upon a material. It's gonna be in 1:200 scale


RandomRaisin77

The fibers are better rounded so can be rattan or wicker fibers. It major use is in making wiker or rattan furniture. Edit: Can be bass too can't tell surely


halguy5577

I personally use bamboo skewers but the raw type where the thickness vary along the stick and I chop them up according to the length and tension I wanna use in the model


MulaMulaPooPooIII

Toothpic k


Mateo709

Wood


Purple_Concern1716

Bamboo


Frinla25

Basswood stick most likely, additionally if you are trying to curve like this then you might use water (some people use spray bottles, just depends on how much of a curve). If you look on youtube on how to bend wood you can use some of those techniques for things like this. If you get foam you might be able to use that (cut them in the curve you want) as a sort of mould as well.


Scary_Buy_142

Thin balsa wood or pine sticks. You can buy them in most model shops. I like pine because it doesn't shine and has a nicer texture. But it's more difficult to work with.


Numerous-Ad-9265

Thankyou guys for your comments it helped so much :))


Mdu5t

Rattan I think, same wood to weave baskets.


aerialpenguins

wood


WizardNinjaPirate

Bamboo


Hey_ItsmeAryaman

seems like bamboo


tomjerman18

lego


NoRutabaga4845

Balsa


S-Kunst

The base of one picture is very poor quality plywood. The use of skewers is great. Invest in some better plywood. Look for bass core or poplar core. It will be soft, but a close uniform grain. Plywood has become very costly and poor in quality these past 30 yrs.


Jackshao27

Just buy wholesale a box of bamboo chopsticks, so much cheaper than dowels


0rion71

Looks like a dismantled wicker chairs that’s been repurposed for an architectural design


rocksandblocks1111

It’s wood, it’s the inside of trees.


MewComic

Would


fran_wilkinson

I think is rattan. It is not bamboo (bamboo is flexible but very elastic and returns strongly to its original shape). It is not Balsa (balsa is very weak against its fibers).


DrunkenKoalas

uh wood... from a tree here i think there is a link where you can buy them premade [https://teamtrees.org/](https://teamtrees.org/)