1LikesVideo : Make Your Own R/C Body
05-11-2014, 11:55 AM
#17
Tech Adept
05-11-2014, 03:42 PM
#20
Tech Master
05-11-2014, 09:10 PM
#21
I thought he covered that pretty well. He did say use the chassis shape and design you own with air drying clay………. The part about not making them for profit. PERSONAL USE ONLY NOT FOR RESALE
05-11-2014, 10:16 PM
#22
Tech Apprentice
Thanks for the great videos Jason, I really enjoyed watching this one. I have some CAD skills and a fresh bag of plaster. Maybe I'll make a 22-4 Torc body ;]
05-11-2014, 10:45 PM
#23
Thanks guys. I'm glad you liked the video. This is a hobby after all. Why not make some cool stuff?
Once again, I'm all for using an existing design for inspiration but not for profit.
I've already heard guys talking about making an rb6 body that extends all the way to the rear shock tower on the mid motor car. If kyosho won't make one. Then I say take your best shot and have some fun doing it.
This hobby should first and foremost be fun. Without hobbyists that are passionate companies like JC/Proline and many others wouldn't exist.
Once again, I'm all for using an existing design for inspiration but not for profit.
I've already heard guys talking about making an rb6 body that extends all the way to the rear shock tower on the mid motor car. If kyosho won't make one. Then I say take your best shot and have some fun doing it.
This hobby should first and foremost be fun. Without hobbyists that are passionate companies like JC/Proline and many others wouldn't exist.
05-12-2014, 04:17 AM
#24
Tech Adept
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Something to consider for those of you that want to DIY vac forming and other things- you can pick up a used oven from a thrift store, appliance store, etc. If you have room somewhere outside it make for a useful 'tool' for vac forming, heat bending, dyeing parts, and other processes. Keeping it outside, maybe in a shed or under a carport makes for less chance of stinking up the house and making a mess.
05-12-2014, 04:26 AM
#25
Tech Regular
I made a body from PET and its too brittle. maybe its fine for a 2wd buggy, but for lager scales its not gonna do it.
polycarbonate (laxan) is the best thing to use but it needs to be de-gased or you'll have a body full of bobbles.
polycarbonate (laxan) is the best thing to use but it needs to be de-gased or you'll have a body full of bobbles.
05-12-2014, 05:16 AM
#26
Good job Jason,
Like it. For sure could help in playing with things on bodies, wether it be shapes, thicknesses, or whatever you might want to do.
Wings could be done up in much the same way, which I'd think more racers go through more often than bodies.
Like it. For sure could help in playing with things on bodies, wether it be shapes, thicknesses, or whatever you might want to do.
Wings could be done up in much the same way, which I'd think more racers go through more often than bodies.
05-12-2014, 07:32 PM
#27
05-12-2014, 08:27 PM
#29
Excellent video Jason. Please update us on how well the PETG holds up. I've done some vacuum forming before in Lexan but living in a humid area, getting the moisture out is very tricky.
05-13-2014, 04:58 AM
#30
Hi,
The next revolution are the inks.
If an existing brand wants to push the system to the next level, this is an idea :
Today you know the system for thermoforming, but it's now possible to print directly on the lexan plates, and then the special inks can be thermoformed with the lexan, in the same operation.
It allows a brand with all the 3D models, to create a 2D models on which you can place the graphics you want.
There will be not any problem with the painting of the bodies, because the ink is "in" the lexan... graphics sustainability...
The method you actually know :
A first example of the "Direct to Substrate" :
And what it will be possible to do, very interesting for RC cars bodies :
The only problem is the white ink, maybe it's available today with this technology ?
If not, there is maybe a trick to find, for the transparent windows...
I let you imagine a website where you can choose your body, your graphics... and the same day, your body is made and sent to you, finished, without any painting work to do.
(excuse me for my poor English)
Bye !
The next revolution are the inks.
If an existing brand wants to push the system to the next level, this is an idea :
Today you know the system for thermoforming, but it's now possible to print directly on the lexan plates, and then the special inks can be thermoformed with the lexan, in the same operation.
It allows a brand with all the 3D models, to create a 2D models on which you can place the graphics you want.
There will be not any problem with the painting of the bodies, because the ink is "in" the lexan... graphics sustainability...
The method you actually know :
| + YouTube Video | |
A first example of the "Direct to Substrate" :
| + YouTube Video | |
And what it will be possible to do, very interesting for RC cars bodies :
| + YouTube Video | |
The only problem is the white ink, maybe it's available today with this technology ?
If not, there is maybe a trick to find, for the transparent windows...
I let you imagine a website where you can choose your body, your graphics... and the same day, your body is made and sent to you, finished, without any painting work to do.
(excuse me for my poor English)
Bye !
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