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Hi everyone! My name's Trev and I'm brand new here. Just recently got into the HO hobby with an International 4 laner and assorted Johnny Lightning cars of both chassis varieties. It was to my surprise that I found the net just full of guys who make their own bodies. Way cool.
Also cool was that I could find just about any car I wanted on Ebay. What's not so cool is this crappy "No Canadians" attitude that a lot of slotracing ebayers seem to have, keeps me from getting my mitts on a lot of them.
However, being a "turn lemons into lemonade" kind of guy, I'm looking at buying some rolling chassis (from legit sellers) and casting the bodies myself.
I've found a couple of casting tutorials that'll get me started I think. And I notice that the majority of casters seem to favor TJets. I'm wondering if there's a reason for this. I've totally got nothing against TJets, don't get me wrong, I have several myself and I love em. But is there more to it? Are screw posts easier to cast than body clips like on the XTraction chassis? Does resin not flex enough to snap the bodies onto the chassis?
Or is it that the guys doing the castings just really dig TJets?
I've surfed a lot of forums and this is the only question I've not seen asked or answered.
So, what's the dope?
Also cool was that I could find just about any car I wanted on Ebay. What's not so cool is this crappy "No Canadians" attitude that a lot of slotracing ebayers seem to have, keeps me from getting my mitts on a lot of them.
However, being a "turn lemons into lemonade" kind of guy, I'm looking at buying some rolling chassis (from legit sellers) and casting the bodies myself.
I've found a couple of casting tutorials that'll get me started I think. And I notice that the majority of casters seem to favor TJets. I'm wondering if there's a reason for this. I've totally got nothing against TJets, don't get me wrong, I have several myself and I love em. But is there more to it? Are screw posts easier to cast than body clips like on the XTraction chassis? Does resin not flex enough to snap the bodies onto the chassis?
Or is it that the guys doing the castings just really dig TJets?
I've surfed a lot of forums and this is the only question I've not seen asked or answered.
So, what's the dope?