Cheaper bodyshells (anyone interested?

[Oh How Original]

I'd estimate 1/5th shells to be around

[Oh How Original]

i,d have a hyper 8 if you did one of them,

beware of copyright laws though mate, you might be wise making a very minor alteration to the shells to avoid any issues, maybe 1mm of the length or it would probably be easier to tame 1mm off the depth, 1mm wont make any difference to fit or appearance

Already know my way around this buddy, thanks for the input but yeah, they will be 1-1.5mm shorter than normal, which won't make any difference at all, but because they will be out of inner moulds of current shells (most of them) they will be a tiny tiny bit smaller.

[mixmasterjay]

[Oh How Original]

When you say plastic, do you mean normal plastic sheet or Lexan? For 1/8th shells I think they are 500 micron Lexan (0.5mm), like this http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2a136e4b8d, might be easier to vacuum form without any real loss in strength with Lexan, might be wrong on that though!

Cheers for the link, problem with that is the price, at that price I'd need to charge

[Oh How Original]

[NABSTAR14]

if your worried about stickers/decals A main do tons

http://www.amainhobbies.com/index.php/cPath/115/n/Stickers-Decals

[PabloEscobar]

Hyper 8 shell with no cut out's, i'd deffo have at least 2 for those prices

[mixmasterjay]

still a good price mate

[Dec]

Cheers for the link, problem with that is the price, at that price I'd need to charge

[Brushless Monster]

All sounds very promising

[Oh How Original]

if your worried about stickers/decals A main do tons

http://www.amainhobb...Stickers-Decals

I'd still leave it up to the person buying the shell to decorate it as they see fit, if they want to buy a sticker sheet and do it, that's up to them.

Hyper 8 shell with no cut out's, i'd deffo have at least 2 for those prices

Yep could do them without holes.

still a good price mate

[Dec]

if your worried about stickers/decals A main do tons

http://www.amainhobb...Stickers-Decals

Thats handy, need to get some Hyper 7 decals, nice one!!!

[Neil-M]

Hi mate, so what are your plans for the actual former? have you decided on a set build, equipment etc?

[NABSTAR14]

Thats handy, need to get some Hyper 7 decals, nice one!!!

hehe... no worries dude Edited April 12, 2012 by NABSTAR14

[Dec]

Building them aren't hard, equipment wise, the majority of it would be in any household, the main ones are a decent powerful Vacuum Hoover and a good sized oven, the rest is just from the DIY store, the expense comes from the Lexan/plastic sheeting, loads of vids on Youtube though

[snchris1]

its kipkay

[Dec]

I should pull my finger out and do one myself, but, to be honest, I cant be ARS*D!!! Im quite happy to just buy another shell off of 'Oh How Original', always handy to have backup shells on the Hyper 7!

[Oh How Original]

Sorry, only gave you that link as an example, guaranteed you will get sheets cheaper than that once you have had a look about, also just got my calipers on my 1/8th shells and they are 500 micron (0.5mm) Lexan, may seem thin, but still very durable

I certainly will mate cheers for the link, like I said I'm speaking to a few people about my idea and if they'd be a regular supplier at some kind of bulk price.

[Dec]

I certainly will mate cheers for the link, like I said I'm speaking to a few people about my idea and if they'd be a regular supplier at some kind of bulk price.

Well, im in for another Hyper shell anyway!!! Edited April 12, 2012 by Dec

[Oh How Original]

Exactly, not a lot of people can be bothered, because most people work or have stuff to do, personally I've got sod all to do, so might as well invest

[Brushless Monster]

Building them aren't hard, equipment wise, the majority of it would be in any household, the main ones are a decent powerful Vacuum Hoover and a good sized oven, the rest is just from the DIY store, the expense comes from the Lexan/plastic sheeting, loads of vids on Youtube though

First one needs a better hoover?

[Oh How Original]

Thankfully I have a powerful hoover, and my Dads very handy with a drill and saws and stuff, so this could work out well

[Brushless Monster]

Make em a tad stronger than shop ones, and sell them for 17?

[Oh How Original]

Make em a tad stronger than shop ones, and sell them for 17?

I was thinking of doing a bit of a "range" if this idea takes off a bit, like 1.5mm thickness for

[Oh How Original]

Any chance anyone could get me the length and width measurements in cm/mm of a Hyper 7 bodyshell? (just for example)

I may have found a cheaper way of doing it if I buy a massive sheet of plastic rather than several smaller ones, but need to see if I'll get enough shells out of it first.

Would really help if someone could.