As an utter novice this explains the process brilliantly

Getting ready to build our first RC with my son! This helps so much thank you!

Wow! I'm having hard time treaming my first tamiya RC body using scissor but you did it so smoothly using that technique. I will follow that one on my next build. Helps alot.

I've just finished my Evo rally car chassis and was really nervous about cutting the bodyshell out but now I feel a lot more confident, many many thanks for the tutorial Kind regards Brian

Wow! Brilliant! Tried it and it worked great!!! Thank you!

This is life changing! Thank you!

Awsome! Thank you so much for showing us all this technique, I dread doing this and it puts a damper on things for me when building rc cars but now now👍. just cut out a TD4 Tamiya body and its spot on, thanks so much

thank you hearns hobbies!!!!

Brilliant…thanks for showing.

muy buen tutorial. gracias.

Nice!! Thanks!!

Excellent tutorial. I’m using the technique on a Bronco body for my TRX4.

Really happy I watched this video. My first go at it was on the Plasma Edge 2 and it's a lot more intricate than what you're working on it the video. At least I'll tell myself that. Came out okay but there are some pretty intricate cuts involved. All in all I'm happy. Thanks!

great video🧨 thanks for that

Great video! very helpful imma be getting a challenger body on my limitless

Worked darn good!!! Used the method on my very first pro-line body ever. Did an scx24 cliffhanger used a generic box knife ad some basic scissors. When I do my bronco 1/10 body next I will get proper scissors and a better knife

This is called score and tear. I used to do this back in the day. You should always sand it a bit because any sharp edges will eventually tear. Still, an awesome technique if you have steady hands. After years of racing motocross and crashing, I am no longer steady enough, lol.

Really cool.

This is basically how I cut my bodies, but I don't have such a steady hand and always screw it up lol

I'm about to try this out with an unbreakable body for my Mojave. My first time cutting out an RC body. Thanks for sharing!

cool tip great vid....

Perfect

This is a great technique and it works really well 👌🏻👍🏻..... just one problem I have found, some of the bodies are not very straight and equal everywhere so be careful when following the lines on the body make sure you actually want to cut on those lines before you cut it it’s a pain when the body isn’t straight it sucks but it’s life I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️😜

Tq for the tip... very easy to do with those wheels arch

Thanks

Use sand paper to clean up any rough edges. If things are cut too rough or too big sandpaper can fix that down to body lines and make it very clean. If you mess up and cut too much just a tad too much off sand paper and smooth it out make it look right. Or use a razor on edge and scrape the body to clean it up.

Can you use the same technique if the body has already been painted, but not cut out yet?

Thanks for the video, I wish I had watched your video before I started hacking with scissors. 😭 now I know for next time hehehehe thanks so much 👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks, I tried using a dremel and it turned out sharp and jagged lol

Thank you for showing me how to do this I’m a first timer so I thought you just needed sizers. Now because of you my Comanche looks great

Does scratches that you made from scoring the lines show up after paint

not bad, any tricks for body post holes? as getting it centered on chassis is much harder and can cause more issues if not mounted right

Awesome. I’ll definitely try this on my next body shell. Thanks

What are those scissors and where an I get them?!

Does it work the same with painted bodies?

Well mines all Jacky edges from the so called special scissors I bought 😐 hobao clear bodies are thick

It's easy when you have a thin plastic body like that one, but try cutting the C8 corvette clear body.

Yokomo bodies are always so thick though. Scoring is harder than using other brands.

Saw this just before my body showed up at the door. I do lack a steady hand though.

Sees this video after using scissors for the first time lmao

Do I have to press hard with the knife? Or really slightly?

I laughed so hard at what I said on another post

Just doesn't work on a thick Lexan body. As we speak, I was trying this on an old Tamiya „Baja Champ“ spare body. First of all, the cutter (brand new blade) „gets stuck“ if you’re using force; if you add less, the cut is not deep enough, which leads to frayed edges. I did buy vintage kits (e.g. Hot Shot, The Frog) and wanted to become fit (after 30 years out of the cutting business) and „Baja Champ“ was my exercise object. I must say, there is one thing I have always hated in building RC cars: cutting the Lexan body. I guess that’s why the recent releases more and more are coming pre-painted, hence “factory cut”. I wonder why thy do not just cut the unpainted body. In my opinion, this would improve the building experience massively.

at the price of the bodies ALL BODY SHOULD BE PRE TRIMMED NO EXCUSES

WHY DIDNT I LOOK THIS UP WHEN I WAS CUTTING MY LEXAN?????!!!! AAAAARRRGGHHHHH

Scouring with a knife 🤣 You mean score.

Came to watch this after fucking up💀

This didn’t work at allllllllll on my proline body.