1:18 resin cars?

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With all these great decals from Michael and the price of a C1 84 March nearing the 200 buck mark, isn’t it about time some of you resin guys started putting out some 1: 18 scale kits? I would buy a bunch. Now that Replicarz are started to do their models in resin this looks like the future of 1: 18 Indy Cars?

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Hey there don’t get on your high horse. This was only a suggestion not a demand and anyway If any of you guys had put a good 1:18 scale car I for one would have probably bought it just as I have with all the resin AR Marquettes cars...

...as for accuracy these are toys we are talking about not the real thing!!!

[harveythedog2]

Bill,

Not everybody is a model builder so why come down on the guy that collects diescasts as lazy? That's like saying anybody that eats Chinese food is a communist.

As I recall you drive a foreign truck. Does that make you un-American?

Your rant makes no sense at all to me. People don't buy 1/18th diecast Indycars in order to "stick it" to Bill Jorgensen. They buy because maybe they can't or don't enjoy building models.

1/18th is my scale of choice but I have also spent money with both you, Lance and Calvin. I don't do it often because 1/25th is not my scale of choice but sometimes I just gotta have a certain car. (Example - 72 Parnelli, 67 Hawk and 82 Wildcat)

Roy isn't asking you to sell out, nor is he asking you not to stop producing 1/25th. He is merely saying that a resin 1/18th kit would be cool.
If there was a 1/18th kit available I would be all over it several times.

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Stu, thanks for that, exactly the point I was trying to make.

[professor]

I have unassembled 1/18 C-1 March parts. anybody want to make the molds?

[jeffmasengale]

I started out building the 1/25 scale cars, but switched to 1/18 because I liked their size better. If someone did make 1/18 resins, I would buy a lot of them.

[Chris]

I am trying to pick this up right now it is about 10 inches long the guy says its about 1/18th...it is resin, a Comet Belond! Based on an old tether car.. Cooollll Stuff!!! Chris

[harveythedog2]

That is very cool Chris.

If you need other parts for it like wheels, tires or suspension parts I am your man.

Stu

[professor]

Stu,

I have the parts that turn the 57 winner into the 58 winner if someone would make the molds. Only a few pieces. C-1was going to to the second Belond winner but.........

[mrindy77]

I master, and cast 1/43 Indy cars....I typically charge $50 per mold and I can usually get all parts cast in 4-5 molds....the longevity of molds is usually about 30 pieces/pours before the integrity starts to decay. To cast a Carousel knockoff would take a considerable amount silicone rubber. You can get it in 10lb kits for around $110....just guessing but it would probably take at least 3 buckets of silicone to cast an 84 March. After all is said and done the price point on a resin 1/18 kit would easily approach $200....look at the price of MFH, etc resin kits not cheap.....it's just not practical in such a small niche market.
Casting is not difficult...you do need some initial investment in equipment and your going to have a learning curve. My suggestion would be to give it try.....buy an 1984 March tear it apart...make the molds...and give it the old college try as they say.

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Jan 26, 2012 15:10:30 GMT -5 @indyroy said:

Hey there don’t get on your high horse. This was only a suggestion not a demand and anyway If any of you guys had put a good 1:18 scale car I for one would have probably bought it just as I have with all the resin AR Marquettes cars. Its people like you that give this hobby a bad name just because you don’t like die cast. Just take a chill pill and as for accuracy these are toys we are talking about not the real thing!!!

.......how much more effort would have been involved to actually move a line on a drawing so that a mclaren, coyote, or eagle tub was more accurate? while i give carousel credit for doing some really nice work in the area of an engine, suspension, and overall appearance, some of the design flaws that i noted were just plain obvious to some and cheapened the product in the end imo...