Working with matte board/cardstock, a few questions?

[Southwest Chief]

I've recently acquired a few older Suydam residential building kits.  I really like the old Suydam kits, especially the Southern California influenced architecture for many of their kits.

The kits include pre-cut matte board for the walls, roof, base, etc...  What I'd like to do is add interior walls for bedrooms, bathrooms, etc... and also to add some variations with interior lighting.  

I think matte board can also be refered to as cardstock.  If not, please let me know. 

Using similar matte board for the interior walls sounds like a good idea since they should glue well to the existing matte board walls.

My questions are:

1)  Where might I find matte board?

2)  How should I cut matte board?

3)  The Suydam matte board is relatively thick (about 1/16" thick).  Is this thickness readily available?

4)  The Suydam matte board is smooth on both sides.  Is this style available?

5)  The instructions mention to use a glue that does not have water in it as this might warp the walls.  First time I noticed this in the Suydam instructions and I've built many of their matte board kits over the years using various glues from Elmers white to Super Z RC 56 which I believe both contain water.  Since I'd like to do these right, any good waterless glue recommendations for matte board?

 

If anyone is interested in the style of kits I'm talking about, these are some of the kits I have:

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For matte board - try a photo studio that does framing. You can buy it directly from them in whatever size you need.  However I dont think you will find it as thick as 1/16".

 I believe gatorboard is 1/16" ( or a tiny bit more)  thick.  It's paper on each side of a thin piece of foam. It is sold as Gatorboard ( brand name ).I found sheets of non brand name stuff accidently at a Dollarama store. 

You may want to try an Arts and Crafts mega store for both the above also - we have a Michaels craft store nearby.

[dstarr]

Matte board is a high grade white type of cardboard used for matting framed pictures.  The matte is the white border around the artwork and inside the frame.  A matte is made by first cutting the outside of the matte to fit the frame and then cutting out the center of the matte to allow the artwork (print, painting, whatever) to show thru.

  I get my matte board from a local faming shop.  Those center cutouts can usually be had for very little.  Decent matte board can be had 1/16th thick.  

  I cut the stuff with a box cutter knife and a steel straight edge.  Lay the straight edge on the matte board and draw the knife along it.  

  I generally use cellulose cement (Duco cement).  It dries quickly and doesn't need to be clamped.  

[Southwest Chief]

Thanks for this info. Excellent tips. Duco cement sounds like the way to go as well.