Scale Model Aircraft from Vac-form Kits by Hugh Markham

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Scale Model Aircraft from Vac-form Kits by Hugh Markham

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Gresham Books 1978
£1.75
ISBN 0 905418 34 4

This book recommends the use of methyl ethyl keytone (MEK) for gluing
It is a comprehensive guide including the construction of internal spars to add strength to fuselage and wings.
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Re: Scale Model Aircraft from Vac-form Kits by Hugh Markham

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CementNotGlue wrote:This book recommends the use of methyl ethyl keytone (MEK) for gluing.
I have quite a few modelling books and artciles from this era and I agree, they are great resources for constructing vacs that do not have the same coverage or content today. The use of MEK really dates it as finding a good relaible glue that would work with the range of plastics being used in 70s was often problematic. These days I find that normally modelling glues work fine on most plastic kits - the only problem I have had was with the ABS-like plastic in the Soar Art Dora which didn't like normal glues but which yeilded nicely to Tamiya Extra Thin...
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Re: Scale Model Aircraft from Vac-form Kits by Hugh Markham

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I have a Kalmbach book (publishers of Fine Scale Modeling) called Building and Improving Vacuum-Formed Model Aircraft by E. Richard Staszak (ISBN 0890240477). Been a while since I looked at it but from memory it seemed to cover the basics pretty well.
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