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1/72 C-5 Galaxy
Posted by wroper11 on Thursday, May 1, 2003 9:26 PM
Last week there was a discussion on large scale aircraft. Someone mentioned a 1/72 C-5 Galaxy by ID models. Is that kit still available? Also I've never done a vacu-form kit and I was wondering how tough they are to complete. Any info would help.

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Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, May 2, 2003 1:46 AM
Vacuform kits call for a slightly different approach,requiring much more preparatory work than a normal injection-molded kit. They are not really difficult, and if you find an interesting subject, by all means go for it. If you understand how vacuform kits are made you'll understand that the 'hardest part' is to sand down the thickness of the sheet of plastic used in the manufacturing process. For aircraft in particular, there is a fine line between sanding too much or just enough to get a decent looking trailing edge on all flying surfaces... Many old vacuform kits are also quite crude in terms of engraving and details, but more recent kits also come with metal/resin/PE parts that will help you along. To be honest, evn if you ever found that 1/72 ID Model kit, I would recomment you starting with something WAY smaller. Large vacu kit also call for many re-inforcing techniques. You want something small that you'll be able to sand down in a couple of hours, not a Galaxy that will require days of preparation. If you are into WWI aircraft, there are many little vacu kit out there that are easy(ier) to build in a couple of days. Aeroclub of England have some decent vacu kits in their range, at various scales, and theirs normally come with lots of extra metal bits. If you like airliners, I'd recommend Welsh Models 1/144 offerings, that come with some vacu parts as well as some major resin bits (wings), white metal and even decals. The best Vacu kit I've ever seen is Echelon's 1/32 English Electric/BACLightning. If you want something big, go for that one.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 3, 2003 3:57 AM
I'm backing up Djmodels on this one... I have the ID Models C-5. Would recommend it only to those who have much experience with vacuform kits. It's a whopper!
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Posted by wroper11 on Monday, May 5, 2003 9:40 PM
Thanks for the info guys. It is appreciated and heeded. I'll try something small first.


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Posted by jimz66 on Tuesday, May 6, 2003 5:35 PM
What is the foam used in Vacum Formed kits, I remember reading about that years ago, buit forgot what you are supposed to use. Vacu kits are out of my realm for a long while.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 7, 2003 4:28 AM
Years ago, somebody marketed someing called "Vacu-Foam" I'm not sure what it was, but it dried hard and supposedly stiffened up the plastic. I heard it was hard to work with and was darn near impossible to sand. I just prefer to build up a stiffening structure inside the model. As big as this C-5 is, it will require something like that.
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