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 Krellnus wrote:

You can spincast PVC and you can undercut details like you can in resin, it basically gives you the price stability and undercutting of resin with the pain in the rear and relative cheapness of metal combined into one medium, but to do so you really have to soften detail, which means it really isn't as good as it sounds.

I don't believe that is correct.

PVC is still injection molded in metal tools. I believe the major difference between it and Polystyrene is that PVC can be injected at lower temperatures and has lower cooling requirements, thus lowering mold complexity and cost.

Anything you see referred to as "Restic" and is being spin cast is a resin/plastic hybrid material, not straight PVC. The fact that PVC (and thus, injection molded) models are also referred to as "Restic" is what creates a lot of confusion. And is the number one reason that the term needs to die ASAP, in my opinion.

~Eric