Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Model Railroader Consulting Editor Tony Koester needed a 12″-radius curve in his tempered hardboard backdrop. After spraying the ...

Hardboard is a composite panel manufactured primarily from inter-felted, lignocellulosic fibers consolidated under heat and pressure. Other materials may be added during the manufacturing process to ...

Hardboard was “discovered” by George Mason. According to the legend, Mason was running the press for making wood fiber ceiling tiles, a low density product that relies on intwining of the wood fibers ...

Tempered hardboard has long been a staple in the hobby. The material is sold in 4 x 8-foot panels (as well as smaller 2 x 4- and 4 x 4-foot handi-panels) in various thicknesses, including 1/8″, 3/16″, ...