ORANGEPICKER
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posted on 27-2-2004 at 20:19
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anything new again?
i noticed after the long post/thread about the hamburg 12 hr. race,
the english forum has gone quiet again.
doesn't the international readers/subscribers like this forum?
i/we think that this forum is the best forum so far in the english language ,because no-one has smeared it with foul words .
lets have some new topics again here guys.as we all know,this site caters mainly for hardbodies in 1/24 "scale"
i come from downunder where HOLDENS ROAR AND THUNDER!
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posted on 29-2-2004 at 10:28
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what about using Lexan bodies?
I know this is a silly question. But why are lexan bodies unpopular?
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willem
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posted on 29-2-2004 at 17:36
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Level of detail
It´s all about whether you are more a modeler or a racer. Obviously a lexan body is much lighter and stronger then any other plastic kit but the
level of detail is not up to the standard a real modeler wants to drive with.
It´s a matter of approach:
Or you drive real cars or you drive around a piece a plastic. The quality of the detail in lexan bodies has gone up but it doesn´t come close to a
good model kit.
cheers
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ORANGEPICKER
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posted on 1-3-2004 at 07:38
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lexan bodies vs hardbodies
it is a silly question to start with .
i will not start another thread about the subject .
it is unpopular to people like us who are MODEL CAR RACERS
i agree with willem 200%.
do you know that it was the silly clear plastic/lexan that killed the hardbodied slot cars in the 60's?
blobs and thingies thats what they're called.
no offence o.g._capone, i wil not even think about it,as i have used a white point body shell in Ostend ,and the results are totally disastrous,and
ridiculous.if the body shell the racers
are looking for or would like to use isn't available in a kit or resin,well,don't bother.
that is the main reason why people who race this kind sticks to the rule that they have.
i come from downunder where HOLDENS ROAR AND THUNDER!
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wwwace
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posted on 1-3-2004 at 11:00
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Vaccum formed vs Plastic Model Kit
It is certainly not a silly question.
Both have their place in slot car racing and one should not talk down the other.
As far as true-to-scale slot car racing goes, there are many good and detailed scale Lexan or PET bodies available which can be used to create a very
good looking car, especially when some additional parts are used.
In some countries where scale slot car racing is the dominant form, scale vaccum bodies are used to give newcomers an easy formula to get started in
scale racing.
Also, clear bodies were not the reason the old plastic bodied slot cars in the 60's disapeared...but this is another long story.
Cheers
Werner
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ORANGEPICKER
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posted on 1-3-2004 at 12:24
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re :lexan vs hardbody
very well said werner,
as you have mentioned they have their own respective places .
but when the racers are racing hardbodied models/resin etc. their rules of the race is to use hard bodied model cars.it would be totally unfair to
have a lexan bodied car to compete against them.
i have officially registered our association
to make sure that the rules we have all agreed to ,are followed to the tee.
i also am not putting the hard lexan bodies down,as to speak,we also have a wednesday night series using hard lexan ford model a fords.but these cars
are flexi chassied .
when i said disastrous about the whitepoint body,it was after a single crash that the shell snapped.
we still prefer the hard plastic models and resin kits to the lexan/pet shells.
p.s. i receved the order this afternoon.
thanks
good racing to all
i come from downunder where HOLDENS ROAR AND THUNDER!
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