New body, yikes…

[AjDale]

Ordered a new body for my RMX 2.5. It’s a Nissan s14 Odyvia body from Aplastics. Let’s just say I’m a bit disappointed on this $70 purchase. The front bumper has a significant sized dimple in it and the fact that the window decals aren’t cut out seems a bit crazy to me…. I will be giving this to a friend to finish as I do not have the time or patience to deal with it. That being said I will be buying precut and pre painted bodies from now on

 

[majin]

thats doodoo, have you talked to whoever you got it from? maybe they will trade it out for one without the dimple?

 

[TeknoJ]

That’s not too bad really, for $70 I usually expect perfection or close to it. Maybe you can get an exchange for it?

 

[ahr43]

Yeah, lots of manu's are copping out for external printed window masks instead of providing inside body masks for painting.

O.K. I guess for those spraying a solid body color. But for those of us old-school that still prefer (mostly) clear windows, kind of a PITA.

In my opinion, for $70, I'd press for a refund and pre-paid return shipping. That said, body prices, esp. pre-painted, have been creeping up a bit too high to suit me. -AC

 

[CertifiedMike]

Yeah, lots of manu's are copping out for external printed window masks instead of providing inside body masks for painting.

O.K. I guess for those spraying a solid body color. But for those of us old-school that still prefer (mostly) clear windows, kind of a PITA.

In my opinion, for $70, I'd press for a refund and pre-paid return shipping. That said, body prices, esp. pre-painted, have been creeping up a bit too high to suit me. -AC

Or offer $25 its to keep this body as a practice/runner body if they agree to send a PERFECT replacement for shelf free of charge.
1 for show, 1 for go!
I'd bet that works better for the seller too.

 

[WickedFog]

Ordered a new body for my RMX 2.5. It’s a Nissan s14 Odyvia body from Aplastics. Let’s just say I’m a bit disappointed on this $70 purchase. The front bumper has a significant sized dimple in it and the fact that the window decals aren’t cut out seems a bit crazy to me…. I will be giving this to a friend to finish as I do not have the time or patience to deal with it. That being said I will be buying precut and pre painted bodies from now onView attachment 238952View attachment 238953View attachment 238954View attachment 238955

You can probably work that wrinkle out pretty easily with a block behind it and a little heat from a hair dryer. I would shoe goo and drywall tape that front edge, because it will likely crack there pretty quickly after some abuse.

And I actually prefer uncut decals, as do a lot of folks. Precut decals always have that clear edge around them that looks like crap on the car. I use some good scissors and trim my decals - even if they are precut.

 

[WickedFog]

Yeah, lots of manu's are copping out for external printed window masks instead of providing inside body masks for painting.

O.K. I guess for those spraying a solid body color. But for those of us old-school that still prefer (mostly) clear windows, kind of a PITA.

In my opinion, for $70, I'd press for a refund and pre-paid return shipping. That said, body prices, esp. pre-painted, have been creeping up a bit too high to suit me. -AC

You can actually use those printed decals on the interior as masks

 

[ahr43]

+1 Kevin. Yeah, I've done that. Hesitated because I felt bad about spraying over someone else's hard work to produce a product for the RC market. But in the end, expediency of the moment prevailed. =AC

 

[picodroid]

Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to keep this in mind about Aplastics bodies.
I recently got a $26 Toyota Celica body made by Tamiya and it was fantastic - precut wheel arcs, and good precut masks, and of course no manufacturing defects! Hard to beat, but I wish they didn't predrill holes...

 

[WickedFog]

Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to keep this in mind about Aplastics bodies.

To be fair, that wrinkle is just a slight quality control issue. Could have happened at any point after making the body. @AjDale was everything else ok with the body? I mean aside from the blem and you not liking the decals, how was the rest of the body? Does it seem durable? I mean, just looking at it, it's better than what Pro-Line is putting out since Horizon bought them out.

I recently got a $26 Toyota Celica body made by Tamiya and it was fantastic - precut wheel arcs, and good precut masks, and of course no manufacturing defects! Hard to beat, but I wish they didn't predrill holes...

That is one thing Tamiya does VERY well. I have had 4 Tamiya bodies, and every one of them has been absolutely fantastic. Their kits though, leave a heck of a lot to be desired

 

[AjDale]

To be fair, that wrinkle is just a slight quality control issue. Could have happened at any point after making the body. @AjDale was everything else ok with the body? I mean aside from the blem and you not liking the decals, how was the rest of the body? Does it seem durable? I mean, just looking at it, it's better than what Pro-Line is putting out since Horizon bought them out.


That is one thing Tamiya does VERY well. I have had 4 Tamiya bodies, and every one of them has been absolutely fantastic. Their kits though, leave a heck of a lot to be desired

Body actually came out very nice when it was all said and done!!

Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to keep this in mind about Aplastics bodies.
I recently got a $26 Toyota Celica body made by Tamiya and it was fantastic - precut wheel arcs, and good precut masks, and of course no manufacturing defects! Hard to beat, but I wish they didn't predrill holes...

 

[WickedFog]

I'm actually glad I stumbled back into this thread. You just inspired me to get back to work on the 3 bathtubs (two SCT bodies, and one no-prep body) I need to paint. Got the SCT's in 3 coats of liquid mask. No-prep body is trimmed and smoothed and I just need to reprint my body mount. Then I'll catch it up on coats of LM so it's moving along with the SCT bodies have.

So thanks!