Question regarding the box the plane comes in

[coupe1942]

If I am viewing things correctly at the HZ site, this plane should be arriving in a cardboard box that has styrofoam packing inside to prevent crushing the parts and all. It may be a bit of a silly question, but is the styrofoam of that packaging anything that can be used for breaks and mending on the plane at all or is it a different type of foam? I have tossed away a ton of styrofoam over the past couple of years and found some of it to be different. I'd hate to toss this box and all if I can use some or all of it for some diy mend or such.


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[flydiver]

Cub is z-foam, kind of a cross between Styrofoam and EPP, which is pool noodle type foam.
Elapor is Multiplex's version of Z-foam, maybe a tad better.
Both are pretty good products.

Styrofoam is stiff, light, but brittle and fragile. Many/most solvents eat it up.
EPP is very tough but pretty floppy and needs lots of stiffening. Resistant to most solvents.
Z-foam has most of the benefits and not much of the drawbacks of both.

So, your packing is mostly garbage, though it can possibly fill in big holes or gouges you might make with some 'incidents'.
Advanced modelers can use it to make various parts, then cover them with products that protect it. The wing cores on some plane may be cut from Styrofoam, then fiber-glassed for strength.