A New Use For Pre Cut Lexan Bodies . ...

[beetlebanger1]

rite just go with me on this one . . and i think it would be quite different and entertaining if you was having a party etc . mates round . and done a great big jelly mold from your lexan body of what ever car you like thats available......... . what do you lot think ???

[Jonny Retro]

I've tried it, without much success TBH - jelly doesn't have much structural integrity, so will tend to collapse once you get it out of the mould, plus there's the problem of sitting the shell in hot water to unstick the jelly from the shell, not to mention the jelly being hot in the first place ... I suppose it might work on smaller shells, if you oil them first, and use ice rather than cold water in the preparation of the jelly.

Something in the same line that does work is cake - lightly dust the inside of the shell with icing sugar, line it with premade icing (use more icing sugar when rolling it out to get a fairly dry surface), then fill the void with premade sponge cake, "gluing" it together with apricot jam.

Swiss roll makes good wheels, Matchmakers are good for suspension & driveshafts, and twizzlers work as shock absorbers

[VagabondStarJXF]

Interesting idea but I wouldn't use a pre-cut shell unless there was some way of filling out the wheel arches. Come to think about it, it's been ages since I'd had jelly. Do they make cold mix stuff now? If not you'd have to make sure that the jelly mix isn't too hot before you put it in otherwise you'd destroy your shell.

[VagabondStarJXF]

I've tried it, without much success TBH - jelly doesn't have much structural integrity, so will tend to collapse once you get it out of the mould, plus there's the problem of sitting the shell in hot water to unstick the jelly from the shell, not to mention the jelly being hot in the first place ... I suppose it might work on smaller shells, if you oil them first, and use ice rather than cold water in the preparation of the jelly.

Something in the same line that does work is cake - lightly dust the inside of the shell with icing sugar, line it with premade icing (use more icing sugar when rolling it out to get a fairly dry surface), then fill the void with premade sponge cake, "gluing" it together with apricot jam.

Swiss roll makes good wheels, Matchmakers are good for suspension & driveshafts, and twizzlers work as shock absorbers

Cake! Much better idea!

[beetlebanger1]

pre cut mate means before you cut the wheel arches out . ........... its a thought ive had going round my head for ages ....... i mite have to give it ago and see what happens.........

[HomerJHandley]

you may need to add a lot more of the stuff that makes jelly, jelly!

although it may end up like the chewy type to make it stick!

[Jonny Retro]

pre cut mate means before you cut the wheel arches out . ........... its a thought ive had going round my head for ages ....... i mite have to give it ago and see what happens.........

"Uncut" is the preferred phrase, "precut" usually means that one of Mr Tamiya's elves has already cut it out for you

I've done a bit more research, & it looks like the limiting factor in jelly structures is the volume - most shapes, provided they're wider than they are tall, are ok up to 1 pint volume, 1 and half pints is marginal but usually ok, at 2 pints you're inviting disaster. I'd check the capacity of your "mould" before you start - I just tried a 1/12 Morris Minor, 5 pints of water still hadn't filled it

[beetlebanger1]

jonny ........ i consider myself well and truely told then ........ . you got any pics of your experiment ? .......

[TA-Mark]

If the 1/10's are too big, what about the 1/18 HPI RS4 micro lexan body shells?

[Tamiya1/10]

"Uncut" is the preferred phrase, "precut" usually means that one of Mr Tamiya's elves has already cut it out for you

I've done a bit more research, & it looks like the limiting factor in jelly structures is the volume - most shapes, provided they're wider than they are tall, are ok up to 1 pint volume, 1 and half pints is marginal but usually ok, at 2 pints you're inviting disaster. I'd check the capacity of your "mould" before you start - I just tried a 1/12 Morris Minor, 5 pints of water still hadn't filled it

I would suggest filling the mould a layer at a time rather than all at once and have something to support the side of the body. Remember to thourghly clean the body before paint else you know what will happen to your paint job.

[commiedoor]

hmmmm ........... easter time ! and chocolate rc cars in 1/10 scale ! gees the calories in that ! lol

[WillyChang]

yeah "precut" vs "UNcut"... u want the UNcut jelly can be done

okie, got intrigued enough to do some quick calcs

#1... its a SERIOUSLY HUGE amt of jelly

Touring car shell... measured volume to be 7-8L = your recipe would become...

8L water

32 pkts of 'Aeroplane' jelly xtals (the ones that supposedly make 500mL ea... don't believe them, try 250mL max ea)

20-30 tsp of Gelatine powder

Boil until everything dissolves, let it cool a bit then pour into a greased (cooking spray) mold.

Body might need some reinforcement (wooden/corrocardboard box?) to stop it collapsing out the sides.

Very unwieldy to carry 8L of liquid in a bodyshell too.

Best make sure your fridge can accomodate the 50cm+ width!

[beetlebanger1]

hahahahaah rite . whos the first to put some pics up then . ????

[WillyChang]

i'll pass ... that's like $50 worth of ingredients, be worth more than a new HPI shell @ LHS

[Jonny Retro]

... you got any pics of your experiment ? .......

no pics of my "experiment" - it was more "research" than anything - digging out all the jelly moulds I could find, remembering which ones work & which fail from being too big, and pouring lots of pints of water - very dull

It's not so much the reinforcing of the bodyshell to take the weight of the jelly (although that is important), it's how big a volume of jelly is self supporting - anything over a pint and a half in my experience will collapse & spread out to an unrecognisable mess - a five pint jelly would I think splurge out to the size of a dustbin lid in no time.

I have a bit of free time coming up & plan to have another go at a car shaped cake

[beetlebanger1]

i think its also a case of having a bloddy good excuse for when your mom or the mrs asked or shouts at you " what the badword is this in the fridge " !!!!!

[WillyChang]

i got sprung whilst measuring out the water and filling the shell in kitchen... maybe i should have done it INside the sink

no pics of my "experiment" - it was more "research" than anything - digging out all the jelly moulds I could find, remembering which ones work & which fail from being too big, and pouring lots of pints of water - very dull

It's not so much the reinforcing of the bodyshell to take the weight of the jelly (although that is important), it's how big a volume of jelly is self supporting - anything over a pint and a half in my experience will collapse & spread out to an unrecognisable mess - a five pint jelly would I think splurge out to the size of a dustbin lid in no time.

that's why we don't follow the packet instructions... we halve the water and add extra gelatine

alternately you can set it easier with agar, it'll set much stiffer than gelatine

you want something you can eat with a fork

I have a bit of free time coming up & plan to have another go at a car shaped cake

some sort of trifle might be the go, haven't heard of anyone doing it before

perhaps precoat the inside of the shell with a fine spray of chocolate to grab the details

the layer in sponge fingers; set it with either jelly mix or whipped cream cheese or chocolate mousse

[beetlebanger1]

so next time i try an "experiment" i have to tell the mrs that the mess i made was down to "research "................. i can still see me gettin in a heap of trouble !!

[Matt_N]

Already been done by Garry Hobson (Garry off here) The shell was a Kamtec Sierra and he used 6 packs of Aldi jelly at a whopping 19 pence each!

Matt

[Tamiya1/10]

you forgot to smoke the windows and apply the decals. Please do a better job next job next time. Is she going to be shelf queen or run her into your stomach?

[beetlebanger1]

have we had any more attempts at jelly body moulds ???

[Percymon]

My son's birthday is 8 weeks away and i have 2 unpainted, uncut Hotshot shells - so glad this thread raised its head again !

[beetlebanger1]

well do your damdest. and lets see what ya got !!!

[Gruntfuggly]

I was going to say - if you're going to do it you have to use a Sierra shell as it was known (at least in the UK it was) as the 'jelly mould' !

I'm guessing that's why Garry did it...

[beetlebanger1]

I was going to say - if you're going to do it you have to use a Sierra shell as it was known (at least in the UK it was) as the 'jelly mould' !

I'm guessing that's why Garry did it...

that is very true mate ............ no one else picked that up !!