Book Wanted -- It's called "In Plastic: Vacuum-Formed Kits"

[WardEss]

Hi all. I'm looking for an old book. I've never seen the book itself. I recently saw a reference to the book in the Oct 1986 issue of FineScale Modeler magazine, on page 57. It was at the top of the section called "FSM Book Briefs". Here's the full review that FSM gave that book:

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Book Title:  "In Plastic: Vacuum-Formed Kits"

John W. Burns is well known as the editor and publisher of Kit Collector's Clearinghouse, a bimonthly newsletter for plastic kit collectors. His new book is divided into two major sections. First is a list of all known published references to vacuum-form modeling and how-to-do-it articles on specific kits. Burns then provides a list of vacuum-formed kits known to exist or to have been announced by the end of 1985; their manufacturers (including addresses); and details such as scale, availability, and market value. There is an index arranged by company. This 84-page, 8.5 inch by 11 inch soft-cover book sells for $15.00"

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Does anyone here have a copy they want to sell? Or give away, to a good home?

I'm just now getting into kits of that kind, and I'm finding that the challenge of it, and the mindset of building VacForms, is quite interesting to me. I would love to find out more about the people who used to make that kind of kits, and the companies they once ran. I have always loved to read Old School style articles from the 1970's and/or 1980's (or later, if possible) on any scale modeling topic, so when the quotes above said that then-new book includes, "a list of all known published references to vacuum-form modeling and how-to-do-it articles on specific kits," that's all it took for me to want a copy of it! It won't matter a bit to me that the price guide portion of that book is four decades out of date!

Does anyone out there have a copy they don't mind selling?

Send me a PM, please, if you have a copy of that book you would part with! Thanks much!

[WardEss]

Thanks much goes to Gil Hodges: he passed his copy on to me! I've been reading it, for several hours now, and WOW does it have some cool info in there! Would the average person on the street love a book like this one? Nope! But I love it! Thanks again, Gil!