Its extremely light weight makes balsa ideal for aircraft models and the fact that it can be worked on without the need for heavy tools meant that it was predestined for use in architectural model making as well. Whereas the thin Balsa wood-sheets can be cut with a cutter, for the thick scantlings a very fine-toothed saw should be used; it should be done carefully because when cutting across the grain the wood tends to tear. Gluing work can be done with Tesa all-purpose glue (Technicoll), Uhu hard or Ponal. Balsa slats or rods can be provisionally joined together with pushpins.

Attributes: Balsa wood comes from the Ochroma pyramidal or Ochroma lagopus tree, which grows in the tropical areas of America. The wood for the market comes mainly from balsa forests or plantations in the low-lying western foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes. The tree is ready to be felled after 5 or 6 years; by then it has reached the stately height of 20 metres with a diameter of between 35 and 60 centimetres.

The softwood balsa has the lightest weight of all the timbers. Its gross density runs between 0.05 and 0,41 kg/dm³. The best balsa wood has a whitish colour that sometimes shows a light reddishness and a straight grain structure. It is glossy and has a soft and velvety feel. The texture is medium rough but uniform. When balsa dries out it shrinks very little and holds its stability even if that is fairly low to begin with. Balsa is used industrially for heating and sound insulation.

Free standard delivery within Germany and free collection from Modulor in Berlin for orders over 79 €.

5,95 € shipping costs, if order value is less than 79 € (DE)

2,95 € for pick-up at the store in Berlin, if order value is less than 79 €

Express and forwarding shipping

From 19 € express surcharge you will receive your order particularly quickly with standard shipping within Germany.

From 69€ is the cost of shipping within Germany. You can recognize articles with forwarding shipping in the store by the truck symbol .

Especially for Berlin

From 34.90 € courier shipping for standard and forwarding goods.

• Free returns for standard shipping within Germany
• Extended, voluntary return policy of 30 days for complete, undamaged goods in their original packaging
• You are responsible for the cost of returns for forwarding goods and returns from a country outside Germany

Excluded from returns

Excluded from returns are sections of rolled goods, cut-to-size pieces and other goods made especially for you, as well as used goods, newspapers, magazines and periodicals, Modulor vouchers and items that we do not carry in our range but have ordered at your request.

Good to know: The furniture variants in our configurators that can be delivered quickly are not cut to size, but standard formats that can be returned.