Vacforms are not too bad.all you need is lots of patience and plenty of filler.I jumped in at the deep end and made a 1/48 Halifax as my first vacform.Took me 4 months working most evenings to build it.Had a lot of problems with the fit of parts.Especially the engines and their associated fairings.I had to be very careful with the clear parts as the material they were made from meant they could only be glued with CA.Managed to do it without fogging them.Someone started a build of a vacform Whitley back in january on this site.Be interesting to see that when its finished as i fancy doing one myself.
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Hi Trey, The search system on Hannants web shop is to put it bluntly 50 questions for the professor. The seams at first way to many boxes to check and drop downs to choose from. However once you have tried it a few times, it works very well.
Regarding vac form: You will be fine. Cut over size with a blade then trim down bit by bit until you get to where you need to be. Test fit all the time. Be very careful of canopies. one slip and you are stuffed. Also be careful how you hold the parts when cutting.
Other than that no problems.
Look forwards to seeing this in the build section.
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Dave,Ian thanks for the input ,I'm going to need all the help I can get when this build launchesComment
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At the risk of 'teaching you to suck eggs' i would advise you attach the vacform fuselage parts to the kit parts by using strips of plastic card across the join on the inside of the fuselage.what us aircraft engineers call a butt strap.This will make the join a lot stronger than just butting up the parts together. Helps make aligning the parts easier as well.Comment
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