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Vacuform Aircraft Modeling – Part 2
What is a Vac kit – really? In the context of this series, a ‘vac’ kit is where the primary components are manufactured using a vacuum molding process. Instead of parts formed from the injection of ‘molten’ polystyrene plastic under … Full Article→
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Vacuform Aircraft Modeling – Part 1
Part 1 – Personal View As a child, I thought of a ‘model kit’ as a box of injection molded plastic parts attached to molding ‘runners’ or ‘trees’ (commonly called ‘sprue’), molded in a ‘color’ to match the desired paint … Full Article→
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