Ahh ok NOW it makes sense. There's whole group of H/O people running paper "modifieds" (dirt cars) and stuff like it, but a quick search didn't let me find them...
Very interesting idea, if you wanted to make them more durable it would probably be fairly easy to print onto plasticard instead of paper. I've been using plasticard as a cheaper and more durable replacement for the Carrera candy cane barriers on my track :)
Interesting for sure! Didn't see one accident, I would love to see how these survive an epic magnetic deslot. I hope the seller allows for a blank canvas from which we can customize the liveries with.
HRW profiled a prototype slot car by a company called NYModifieds a couple of years ago. That car had a 3d printed chassis also and a detailed laminated paper body with a resin driver. They also make laminated paper bodies of Modified Stock Cars and Sprint cars that can be mounted on stamped metal chassis like a womp-womp.
Hiya Travis. Why not paper product bodies Model rail roading has been using paper product building signs, etc . For decade.so Why not...another avenue for parents to connect slot car hobby with their kids..very.cool you shared this another option.
It's a great idea to use paper if all you want is something light and expendable. Let's face it, if you are racing then you are not going to se anything much detail when it is whizzing around. The idea of plastic injection moulding and increasingly artistic and realistic detail is really fusing the ideas of racing, electric motion and scale modelling and collecting. There's a whole spectrum in focus going on with this and, as always, Travis, you've shifted the focus to something completely different. I suspect they don't so easily fall for marketing campaigns in the Alpes as there's so much else going on?
Im not sure I understand your comment but I'm happy with have so many avenues to express our selves in this hobby and paper slot cars is only a feaction
@@thatslotcarguy It's only the bodies that are plastic. Much the same as using lexan in an unsophisticated way but the point is to keep these things light and low and not look 'pretty'. It's all about racing and it's very practical - particularly if you have a heavy crash - lol
People have been using plastic coated cardboard for years in the Northeast(America)to make Modified stock cars for oval track racing. There are several companies doing them in both 32nd and 24th. Boss Bodies of New Hampshire come to mind instantly and there's a company in New Your doing high-end, brass chassis 24th cars that I think Home Racing World did a piece on a while ago... light and cheap... two words racers love!
@@thatslotcarguy Yeah,Travis, the pre-printed bodies offered represent real cars and are VERY colorful, just like the real cars and the material used is fairly durable... and American Modifieds are wild looking, open wheel monsters!
Ahh ok NOW it makes sense. There's whole group of H/O people running paper "modifieds" (dirt cars) and stuff like it, but a quick search didn't let me find them...
Amazing!!! This hobby has no limits!
I agree we are very lucky
Very interesting idea, if you wanted to make them more durable it would probably be fairly easy to print onto plasticard instead of paper. I've been using plasticard as a cheaper and more durable replacement for the Carrera candy cane barriers on my track :)
It would be a thick grade paper at a guess
Interesting for sure! Didn't see one accident, I would love to see how these survive an epic magnetic deslot. I hope the seller allows for a blank canvas from which we can customize the liveries with.
I would guess a blank canvass would be available
Really need one on my hands to know the durability
Now this is different. Cool stuff Trav! 🙌🏻
As soon as I this page crossed my eyes I had to share it
HRW profiled a prototype slot car by a company called NYModifieds a couple of years ago. That car had a 3d printed chassis also and a detailed laminated paper body with a resin driver. They also make laminated paper bodies of Modified Stock Cars and Sprint cars that can be mounted on stamped metal chassis like a womp-womp.
Crazy 8's Slot Car Racing in Lakeland Florida have a weekly paper slot car race.
So happy I made this video now, I can find out where more of these awesome things are raced
Hi Travis, wow that is amazing , who would think slot cars made out of paper 📃 easy to fix bit of glue great review 👍 😀
Cheers mate, hopefully I can get one in my little hands to review properly
I would imagine that any body can be printed for any scale of car simply by changing the size settings on the printer.
Hiya Travis. Why not paper product bodies
Model rail roading has been using paper product building signs, etc . For decade.so Why not...another avenue for parents to connect slot car hobby with their kids..very.cool you shared this another option.
Mate I'm glade you liked it, I think it's pretty cool
Very interesting and very cool . Wonder what these would be like for a banger car 😂… might be a fun thing to try , ,,, carnage 😂
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This is so cool Trav! You should revisit this, did you ever receive a car? Oh this gives me an idea 🤔 stay tuned!
Unfortunately I never did but cool concept
Awesome 👌 interesting, I am guessing you keep the same chassis and just change the body a bit like some H.O.
At a guess but hopefully we can get one on the channel
@@thatslotcarguy That would be awesome and for a tear down. It looks like the chassis is fairly small, but hard to tell.
@@SlotCar2021 it's 1/32 scale in size
So awesome slot car bro,nice 3d printed bro,that is so cool bro
Cheers mate
I'd love to get one and give it a try, always interested in something a bit different
Mate I'm feeling the same
It's a great idea to use paper if all you want is something light and expendable. Let's face it, if you are racing then you are not going to se anything much detail when it is whizzing around. The idea of plastic injection moulding and increasingly artistic and realistic detail is really fusing the ideas of racing, electric motion and scale modelling and collecting. There's a whole spectrum in focus going on with this and, as always, Travis, you've shifted the focus to something completely different. I suspect they don't so easily fall for marketing campaigns in the Alpes as there's so much else going on?
Im not sure I understand your comment but I'm happy with have so many avenues to express our selves in this hobby and paper slot cars is only a feaction
@@thatslotcarguy It's only the bodies that are plastic. Much the same as using lexan in an unsophisticated way but the point is to keep these things light and low and not look 'pretty'. It's all about racing and it's very practical - particularly if you have a heavy crash - lol
meant 'paper'
People have been using plastic coated cardboard for years in the Northeast(America)to make Modified stock cars for oval track racing. There are several companies doing them in both 32nd and 24th. Boss Bodies of New Hampshire come to mind instantly and there's a company in New Your doing high-end, brass chassis 24th cars that I think Home Racing World did a piece on a while ago... light and cheap... two words racers love!
I think we should see more of this, awesome stuff
@@thatslotcarguy Yeah,Travis, the pre-printed bodies offered represent real cars and are VERY colorful, just like the real cars and the material used is fairly durable... and American Modifieds are wild looking, open wheel monsters!