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The H Man06 May 2026 6:06 p.m. PST

Bones, finecast, restic, resins, printed, PVC, so on.

Metal and hips are obviously best, though both equal and opposite.

I'm casting hips. No tooling. So, no tremendous outlay.

Still in rnd but looking at the costs of many of the ones I listed above, why are people not simply casting hips? Apparently people prefer it over many of the alternatives that are available.

I can only assume it's a price thing, but, it's not like they are always going to China either, with many casting resin in the back room.

I have heard of people mixing plastic and resin, but that sounds worse than hips and likely needs superglue.

This has me baffled.

GildasFacit Sponsoring Member of TMP07 May 2026 1:38 a.m. PST

???

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