Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
I've already cut out a Tamiya VW Bus body with scissors-only once, it took me a long time, and then sanding took a lot of time too.
Going to test the sharp blade method this evening on a new Bus body, to see the difference between methods again.
Going to test the sharp blade method this evening on a new Bus body, to see the difference between methods again.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
I see a lot of spray paint cans there. We're going to need to see your ID to make sure you are 18 or older.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
Random side story...had a buddy that ran fuel/support truck for contract railway veg control helicopter.... at a rail yard one day he saw a guy darting around and being sneaky. Talking with the locals, he finds out this sneaky guy is the "Silver Fox". Nicknamed so because he only huffed one brand of silver spray paint and his mouth and nose were silver.Frankentruck wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:47 pm I see a lot of spray paint cans there. We're going to need to see your ID to make sure you are 18 or older.
Hope you're doin' something fun.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
Long term goals and plans are hatching over here for the future, plus I can't bring myself to throw away the cans that only have a few squirts left in them. Everything Tamiya makes is really great, I feel obligated to keep them if they can still provide some use.Frankentruck wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:47 pm I see a lot of spray paint cans there. We're going to need to see your ID to make sure you are 18 or older.
Also, we have legal 40% THC herb out here, no need for dirty paint or glue huffing.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
I wasn't even thinking of the paint sniffing aspect. I always thought the age restriction is an attempt to combat graffiti.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
Results are in, what I started with.
I started off using a #11 blade I had used on an earlier body, the results were not great, put on a new blade and it made all the difference, I will always use a new blade on every body, no exceptions.
No dust or scraps of splintered lexan laying around, just complete and whole sections removed.
After 35 minutes, no sanding or touch up in the places from the dull blade yet.
The scissors-only VW Bus body took me hours, maybe 3 or 4 hours with sanding, compared to this 35 minute job, with little to no sanding necessary. Stoked!
I also use an Optivisor with the LED light kit on it, which makes seeing the cut line in the lexan so much easier while scoring.
I started off using a #11 blade I had used on an earlier body, the results were not great, put on a new blade and it made all the difference, I will always use a new blade on every body, no exceptions.
No dust or scraps of splintered lexan laying around, just complete and whole sections removed.
After 35 minutes, no sanding or touch up in the places from the dull blade yet.
The scissors-only VW Bus body took me hours, maybe 3 or 4 hours with sanding, compared to this 35 minute job, with little to no sanding necessary. Stoked!
I also use an Optivisor with the LED light kit on it, which makes seeing the cut line in the lexan so much easier while scoring.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
Whoa! Holy crap, you guys are serious! I didn't even know that Ultraviolet Lexan trimming headsets were a thing.GreenBar0n wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:54 am
I also use an Optivisor with the LED light kit on it, which makes seeing the cut line in the lexan so much easier while scoring.
Compared to the rest of you, my RC bodies appear to have been trimmed with a 12 gage, which they basically were.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
The Optivisor is essential for small projects, got that for building guitar amp clones, it is the most used tool in my toolbox. Bionic vision .
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
GreenBar0n wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:17 pm The Optivisor is essential for small projects, got that for building guitar amp clones, it is the most used tool in my toolbox. Bionic vision .
Some bionic eyes were prettier than others....
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
The new one is very "Bionic".
Always looking for new and interesting ways to waste money.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
bionic....bi...bi as in 2.... or a pair....I feel as though there is a pair of something in that photo...
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
Bionic hearing is going to get us cancelled for talking about sweater puppets.
Make of this what you will.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
We did go off the rails pretty quickly. About 5 posts ago this was about trimming Lexan.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
Testing for cancelled, in 2024:
...Testing completed. Pretty cool site here, no one locked the thread or reported us.
...Testing completed. Pretty cool site here, no one locked the thread or reported us.
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Re: Lexan Body Trimming - Scissors or Sharp Blade?
TBG bodies are so thick to cut. I always buy an extra one because I now I will mess something up
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