Cutting out a 200mm body

[mturl84]

hi everyone, was just wondering the best way to cut out a 200mm body with a nice straight, clean cut and finish

 

[Rolex]

Steel ruler, and some new #11 blades in an X-acto knife. Score and snap.

 

[Lessen]

No offense, but #16 blades are better for this task.

 

[mturl84]

Steel ruler?? how you ment to use a steel ruler to score it, like around wheel arches etc...

 

[NCNitro]

Score and snap works good for straight lines, for wheel arches I use curved lexan scissors, cut close to the line the clean it up with a sanding drum on my dremel tool.

 

[Candyman]

Not much of a score-n-snap kinda guy myself. I just use my curved lexan scissors for everything. I do agree with Nessel. The #16 blades are awesome for these jobs. Especially when cutting your mask details. Unfortunately they're harder to find than #11 blades.

 

[Rolex]

Score and snap works good for straight lines, for wheel arches I use curved lexan scissors, cut close to the line the clean it up with a sanding drum on my dremel tool.

You asked about nice and straight. That's the score and snap. For all the rest, same as NCNitro does. Curved Lexan scissors and a sanding drum in the Dremel.
For the body post holes, a conical stone in the dremel.

 

[Lessen]

I do score/snap for the entire body, including wheel wells. They seem to turn out alright for me.

 

[NCNitro]

I use a body reamer or unibit for the body post hole. Plus I do all my cutting and trimming and holes while the body is still clear.

 

[Rolex]

I do all my cutting and trimming and holes while the body is still clear.

Exactly. That allows me to mark and line up the posts in the perfect spot, every time.
NCNitro talked me into the score and snap a while back, and now I wouldn't do it any other way on a straight cut. Try it once and you'll stay with it. It's absolutely accurate, it's quick and it's clean.

 

[Lessen]

I still can't believe you guys don't score/snap the whole thing. The only thing I use scissors for is to cut servo tape and fuel line

 

[Rolex]

The last lid I cut out was the large Helios body, and there's not a curved cut on it. It was all score and snap. Had it cut and ready in 15 minutes.
Mine is waiting to be painted, but that large Savage version is going to be a scale lid on the crawler.

 

[mturl84]

thanks for all your tips and tricks, looks like i best be buyin some lexan scissors and some good blades, i'll let you all know how i go