I hope a barner won this auction

[corvette8n]

Got a little rich for me.

[34pickup]

Is that a joke?

[Tinker]

Dang, cool old model.

[corvette8n]

Originally Posted by 34pickup

Is that a joke?

I wish, the coupe models in 1/24-1/25 scale are quite rare. I was going to build one, paint it the same color as mine and display it in the back window. My new plan is the graft the AMT '41 Ford wagon front end onto the Revell '48 coupe body.

[TJ]

Originally Posted by corvette8n

I wish, the coupe models in 1/24-1/25 scale are quite rare. I was going to build one, paint it the same color as mine and display it in the back window. My new plan is the graft the AMT '41 Ford wagon front end onto the Revell '48 coupe body.

A plastic model in the back window of a car may not last too long. Way too much heat on that plastic.

[rotorwrench]

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The term resin used there indicates more than a good possibility of the use of a 3D printer. All the old models were molded plastic and you had to cut the pieces from the sprues.

[19Fordy]

rotorwrench: You make a very good point. It looks a bit too "clean cut".

[Fordors]

3D printer? No, just a modeler with some serious sculpting skills. Resin bodies have been around for a long time and they fill a void. An unusual car or a car that might only have a limited following, maybe a particular race car, or in the case of 1/8 scale there have been bodies that have been cast in resin. Want to build a 1/8 scale ‘32 five window instead of the typical Revell/Monogram high boy roadster? Then it’s going to be resin.
First is an example sculpted in clay, and obviously accuracy is foremost, then producing the mold to reproduce bodies and finally pouring the resin and trimming any excess flash. Limited production stuff of high accuracy is costly and some are willing to pay the price. Any hobby can be expensive, it all depends on how much you are into it.
One last thing, resin bodies long predated the 3D printer.

[rotorwrench]

A 3D printer would be a lot less work after it is scaled for reproduction. They use resin too. http://generation3d.ae/project/3d-pr...per-car-model/

These are tanks so they are pretty complex. https://www.gambody.com/blog/top-12-...model-designs/

This one is an engine with moving parts. https://www.rapid3d.co.za/working-3d...engine-models/

[51 MERC-CT]

Whether this model is 3D printed or not depends on if you believe that
ALL AMERICAN MODELS had the technology to print them prior to the year 2000, when they went out of business.

[Bored&Stroked]

Printing a body like this on a 3D printer (especially back in the 90's) would not have been economically viable - the cost of the machines and the runtime per model would result in a price that nobody could afford. That is my opinion . . . and I'm sticking to it! LOL

[Tinker]

3D printers print in layers. The cheaper the printer the more space between passes. Seen a small startup company that printed parts for their new design printer. If this was printed on a 3D printer, either it was a very very expensive printer or someone sanded it for hours on end to make it smooth, which if they did, they earned the 230. 3D printers are getting very affordable.


I like working on cars but I respect and enjoy these guys. Having fun designing. A lost art. Probably a few guys out there that should have chopped a plastic model car before hacking a real one.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...models.869868/

[RalphM]

I think they got jipped, didn’t even come with wheels and tires!