Boy... The issue with Styro
props is that they always look like ..... Styro. until you dope them up then .. their heavy again. Best bet for real light weight
props is someplace like Party City. . . . . .
I have to disagree in principal with the "look" observation. We used a Franklin Stove prop borrowed from another group. It was constructed from styrofoam but right up to touching it you could hardly tell.
Fooled me thoroughly! I bent to grasp it and give it a good tug and I nearly went "***** over teakettle", as my father used to say! The thing LOOKED like three hundred pounds of cast
iron but the reality was more like 30-35 lbs of styro.
Well, I couldn't let that go without getting a good laugh. Through tech week I'd ask "fresh meat" to move the stove. "Hey George, can I get you to move the stove from there (
point) to there (
point again)? It's heavy - you'll need to team up with someone, like Fred here - he's new by the way."
You can picture the rest.
Van, I'd agree that perhaps this example may be the exception rather than the rule, but craftsmanship is an amazing thing and pops up in the weirdest places.
As an aside I just acquired a Thompson submachine gun prop constructed completely, and I mean completely, from wood. It's a beautiful thing. From the photos on eBay I could have sworn it was the full metal Model Gun Corporation M1A1 tommy gun.
Well, I think you guys have answered Mr. Lisbon, so I'll stop here.