Tag: vac-form

• Tasman Airspeed Oxford Mk I – Part Five – Wild Blue Yonder

  

  And off we flaming go… Someone at Tasman was enamoured of the vacuum moulding machine – the one they used for clear canopies – and of the possibilities that it presented. So they made a decision to try something that is – so far – unique in my model-building experience. They vac-formed the canopy a…

  Dick Stein

  April 6, 2025

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, design, frugality, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized

  canopies, design decisions, vac-form

• The Vacuum Forms

  

  If you want to put the fear of God into someone, just say vacuum-form. They will either go very hot or very cold, and you must be prepared for them to pull the lever on the ejector seat. You may end up talking to yourself and landing the thing yourself… The vac-form kit seems to…

  Dick Stein

  May 30, 2019

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models, subassembly, Uncategorized, Workshop

  canopies, scratchbuilding, vac-form