| SaintGermaine | 27 Dec 2013 7:20 p.m. PST |
I was in the toy museum in Rochester ny today with the grand kids and saw an old VacUForm. Any one ever use this to craft terrain pieces. I thought it might be great for making wrecked cars for Post Apoc. |
| Garand | 27 Dec 2013 8:41 p.m. PST |
I never tried it for that purpose. But Miniart a model manufacturer does a lot of 1/35 scale buildings in this medium, so it can be done… Damon. |
 Dances With Words   | 27 Dec 2013 9:17 p.m. PST |
I've got one that still works and the vac u form sheets…(well, modern equivalents), are available on evilbay….I use it mostly to make CLEAR domes for bubble helmets or cabin windows……
Sgt DWW-btod |
| bsrlee | 27 Dec 2013 9:19 p.m. PST |
MicroMark make a modernised version of the hobby vac former, but it only does up to 5x5 inches. |
 Miniatureships  | 27 Dec 2013 9:27 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 28 Dec 2013 10:48 a.m. PST |
There are a couple companies that still make and sell vacuum formed terrain. I'd totally pick up a VacUForm for myself if I had the cash. |
| Toaster | 28 Dec 2013 1:19 p.m. PST |
You can build one pretty easy, I did but when I moved house my new oven is smaller than the plate that takes the plastic sheet so I haven't been doing much with it. Robert |
| The big e | 28 Dec 2013 8:23 p.m. PST |
Saint Germaine – was it the Childrens Museum downtown or is it just toys. My nephews have been to the Children's museum but if there's a toy only one it might be a new place to visit. |
| elsyrsyn | 28 Dec 2013 10:58 p.m. PST |
I built one a few years ago, using an electric grill for the heating element and a shop-vac for the vacuum source. It worked pretty well, but not for the purpose I intended so I lost interest in it. I found the instructions for building it online – I believe it was the website of a prop maker. Edit – it was on halloweenfear.com Doug |
| SaintGermaine | 29 Dec 2013 3:54 p.m. PST |
egoodlander… The Strong… It's huge there's a diner right where you enter. |
| chromedog | 30 Dec 2013 7:13 p.m. PST |
A friend of mine recently made her own vacformer – out of commercially available parts from a hardware store. They aren't that complex a machine to assemble – and several FX people in the Aussie industry all had Frankensteined machines. |
| Tom Bryant | 31 Dec 2013 10:25 p.m. PST |
If you're looking for info on how to DIY one you may wnat to check here: build-stuff.com/index.htm I've been wanting to build one for a while now. Maybe this year I will. |
