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Originally Posted by modelperry
........ Used the sculpey form in my Mattel Vac-u-form machine.
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greg
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Greg,
You mean your Mattel machine actually works on such a large canopy? The little hand pumper works on this canopy?
I ditched mine after the first few tries of making anything over an inch long in favor of a bigger vacuform machine with a shop vac for the vacuum source ).
Also, for those that want a bit more on making canopies, here is my thread for another model I built. Starting with post #38.
http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/712718-post38.html
and the actual process of forming the canopy:
http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/712721-post40.html
I use Plaster of Paris for the mold.
Isaac