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by Wild Oscar
Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:07 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Vacuum forming help
Replies: 7
Views: 2818

Naughty

you know you were so right.... Like keeping a 1/2 ton bengal tiger in the garden an accident waiting.. No to be sensible for a mo i filled the master (vacuform) up with milliput and then plunged it... It was OK, it was the hot plastic clear sheet that wasn't... It looked a bit like Donald Trumps hea...
by Wild Oscar
Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:58 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Vacuum forming help
Replies: 7
Views: 2818

Ode to a Vacformer

Woe is me... This was an art which i never learn't all those years ago! Eons ago when i started model making at our local IPMS branch we had loads of what i call 'old boys' These so called old boys could make you a scale model of a Bristol Blenheim out of a bottle top! And plunge molding or home mad...
by Wild Oscar
Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:49 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Vacuum forming help
Replies: 7
Views: 2818

Thankx

Hi thankx for that i have a master in of all things vacuform WHITE dohhhh.
When i attempted to vacuform it looked a bit like a sucked sweet!! Or should i say plunge it through a heated piece of clear plastic. But I will try anything once ...
If i like it more than once. Thankx for the help.
by Wild Oscar
Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:05 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Vacuum forming help
Replies: 7
Views: 2818

Vacuum forming help

Hi anyone in this part of the forum know wherein the UK i can get a single small canopy shaped object vacuum formed or plunge molded?