30th-Nov-25, 11:15 PM
See I look at it this way, while I appreciate scratch building in it's entirety, you do not see manufacturers scratch building every car.
In the hobby format this can be transferred by thinking that you would like a whole heap of vehicles not available on the market but don't want to scratch build every one.
3D printing speed up the process and can aid in prototyping parts before, carve - mold - cast, and can even replace that process.
Modernisation has always been and always will be.
From stone wheels to alloy rims.
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From solid tyres to pneumatic tyres, tubed to tubeless, radials to compound
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from matches to butane lighters, from dynamite to nuclear holocaust, actually forget that last one.
You get the idea.
Everyone has different talents, with me I can make stuff like landscaping items, routed tracks and tables etc.
But I do not have the patience to spend many hours whittling away or making a brass chassis, although I do admire those that do. My soldering skills lack as well, good enough to solder wires but not anything heavier I'm afraid.
For me personally, and as an engineer, I enjoy the design process more so that the whittling process.
I'm actually not that keen on racing either to tell you the truth. I enjoy time trial racing and proxy racing more than multi car racing.
My enjoyment is trying to optimise a design for greatest efficiency and purpose, that is my role in life, a 3D printer helps with that, so I would rather have a body given to me in a file and then modify that to add body posts and other mods such as spoilers and flares.
To me the chassis, rims, tyres are the engineering key, the body is beauty only.
So gimme the easy way out on that side any day.
This is why forums are so great as it allows those who have zero interest in one facet connect with someone who thoroughly enjoys said facet and a possible trade in knowledge and/or materials happen.
Slot-on dudes & be excellent to each other.
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In the hobby format this can be transferred by thinking that you would like a whole heap of vehicles not available on the market but don't want to scratch build every one.
3D printing speed up the process and can aid in prototyping parts before, carve - mold - cast, and can even replace that process.
Modernisation has always been and always will be.
From stone wheels to alloy rims.
From solid tyres to pneumatic tyres, tubed to tubeless, radials to compound
from matches to butane lighters, from dynamite to nuclear holocaust, actually forget that last one.
You get the idea.
Everyone has different talents, with me I can make stuff like landscaping items, routed tracks and tables etc.
But I do not have the patience to spend many hours whittling away or making a brass chassis, although I do admire those that do. My soldering skills lack as well, good enough to solder wires but not anything heavier I'm afraid.
For me personally, and as an engineer, I enjoy the design process more so that the whittling process.
I'm actually not that keen on racing either to tell you the truth. I enjoy time trial racing and proxy racing more than multi car racing.
My enjoyment is trying to optimise a design for greatest efficiency and purpose, that is my role in life, a 3D printer helps with that, so I would rather have a body given to me in a file and then modify that to add body posts and other mods such as spoilers and flares.
To me the chassis, rims, tyres are the engineering key, the body is beauty only.
So gimme the easy way out on that side any day.
This is why forums are so great as it allows those who have zero interest in one facet connect with someone who thoroughly enjoys said facet and a possible trade in knowledge and/or materials happen.
Slot-on dudes & be excellent to each other.
Cheers Grant
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