mod_55_fan

has anybody ever made a body out of any other material than plastic. im just curious of other peoples ideas. ok thanx

AllAboutFunHobbies

Yes, we have a home made vacume machine left over from our computer business days we used for forming plexi glass, lexan and some other formable materials that we made custom computer cases out of. Anway there easy enough to build and use. You just need to learn how long to keep the sheets in the oven with out completely melting the sheet.

mod_55_fan

what do u mean a vacuum machine is it like attached to your truck or something you should get pics of it.

123michael

mint send pic cant wait to see what it looks like
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AllAboutFunHobbies

no no, it's not hooked to your truck. It's actually called Thermaforming or vacuforming. This is one of the websites I got the homemade design from.

[link=http://www.studiocreations.com/howto/vacuumtable/table.html]http://www.studiocreations.com/howto/vacuumtable/table.html[/link]

dude7422

hi had a line x aka rhino liner sprayed onto my tmaxx body it worked for about 4 months then started to peel off of body next move is a kevlar body hahahaha

Cas_NitroGT

they actully made a little kids transformer machine like that... I used to own one... I used to make my own little slot car bodys with it... and its actully a great thing to use... just make a clay model os the exact lenght abd width and style of your car body and vacume the plastic to it... and bam you got an rc body...

frodetorstensen

I made many out of glassfiber and carbonfiber. Really simple to make. You put grease on the original body. You then lay glassfiber on the shell (the grease will make the glassfiber stick to the body). After applying a layer of glasfiber to the bodyshell, you use glue(the glue should be quit dilluted). You then put on another layer of glassfiber and so on until you think the shell is thick enough. I normally only use 3 layers, and use carbonfiber instead of glassfiber, but carbonfiber is hard to find and expensive, so I would recomend to use glassfiber at least for the first time. After you have made the new body, you should bake it in the oven for 3-4 houres at 80-100 degree Celsius. Then you leave it for another 24 houres before you start to drill holes and cut it straight. (when you attach the layers you should use scissors and knife to cut holes and make slices to prevent overlapping of the matereal). Sorry but my english isnt that good, but hopefully you understood me.

drcrash

That basic design is good, but it's designed for making stormtrooper armor. For modeling, you're probably better off putting the gasket on a removable tapedown sheet, so that you can use different-sized gaskets (and sheets of plastic) for different projects, like this:

http://www.tk560.com/phpBB2/viewtopi...light=one+hole

More info on making a simple, flexible vacuum former can be found here:

http://www.tk560.com/phpBB2/viewtopi...ighlight=draft

In general, the best source of info on making good cheap vacuum formers is the vacuum forming forum on the discussion board at tk560.com:

http://www.tk560.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1