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| Subject: | Re: Resin vs. Plastic |  |
| Date: | Feb 14, 2003 |
| From: | David Nickels | |
Traditional plastic kits are made from styrene, at least nowdays. Very old Revell kits from the 50s were a different, more difficult to use plastic. When they switched to styrene, the kits (and glues) were labled with "S" so you knew they were the good ones. Even today, some kits come in different plastic. The first Trumpeter armor kits were in ABS, which is strong and somewhat flexible, but harder to glue than styrene.
Resin, on the other hand, is still technically a plastic but hardens via chemical reaction. It is similar to familiar epoxy cements, in that it is an A + B stuff that is mixed, poured and left to cure. Small companies can produce resin cast kits from rubber molds, compared to the expensive, computer tooled metal molds and injection machinery used for traditonal kits.
Resin can capture very fine detail and a good quality kit can be very, very attractive if properly built. Resin takes some cleanup, trimming etc., and also must be glued with CA instant glue or epoxy rather than plastic type glues. |
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