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**Bluewavestudios** · 27-01-2005

Nice work Barry,

Vac Form Moulding machines are not as expensive as you think, I bought one many years ago from the Model Plans service (Now Nexus) as a kit for about £11.....it is basically a wooden box that you build up with the frame on top to hold the plastic...the suction device is nothing more than your average domestic Vacuum cleaner......Plugged into a standard vac end nozzle glued and sealed into the base.
Heat your plastic on the wood frame, lower down over your plug/mould on the base and switch vac on to suck air down and pull plastic down over your plug....dead easy and dead cheap..........and it works !!!

Regards.........Mark.

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Bluewavestudios All Round Modeller Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Llandudno Real Name: Mark My Models: Boats, Planes, Helis, Cars, Anything R/C Visit Bluewavestudios's Gallery Posts: 1,246 Images: 7	Nice work Barry, Vac Form Moulding machines are not as expensive as you think, I bought one many years ago from the Model Plans service (Now Nexus) as a kit for about £11.....it is basically a wooden box that you build up with the frame on top to hold the plastic...the suction device is nothing more than your average domestic Vacuum cleaner......Plugged into a standard vac end nozzle glued and sealed into the base. Heat your plastic on the wood frame, lower down over your plug/mould on the base and switch vac on to suck air down and pull plastic down over your plug....dead easy and dead cheap..........and it works !!! Regards.........Mark. Last edited by Bluewavestudios; 27-01-2005 at 12:14.