plasticard en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor. Latin chartader. Old French cartebor. Middle English carde English card blend English plasticard Blend of plastic + card.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Thin polystyrene sheets used in arts and crafts.
Your right, plasticard is just another word for those thin sheets of polystyrene model kits are made from.
1996 April 22, Ron Kruger, “Modeling: What is Plasticard?”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022:I was looking at the TerraGenesis pages on terrain building (which by the way are great) when a question occured^([sic]) to me. What the heck is plasticard exactly and where do you get it? I mean, is plasticard one of those British (no disrespect intended) terms which us Americans can't understand (ie. PVA glue = Elmer's white glue)or am I just missing something very basic?
1997 October 9, Paul and Kristin Shoemaker, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022:Plasticard is simply polystyrene plastic . . same stuff that is used in all those model cars and planes.
1997 October 10, DBurgerOTR, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022:Two questions 1. Where is a good place to get plasticard and 2. what is the approximate price
2003 December 18, Danimal, “[MODEL]Plasticard”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 21 Feb 2022: