by John B » Sat Sep 01, 2012 7:08 am
Steve Holmes wrote:Wow, those are fantastic John! The Shadow in particular is incredible! I'm amazed by the level of detail.
You're right Steve - the level of detailing is amazing - especially for 1:43rd scale. Many enthusiasts dismiss 1:43 because of 'lack of detail', instead preferring to collect the larger 1:18th scale. That may have been the case many years ago, but nowadays 1:43rd models are superbly detailed. And you can display far more 1:43 than 1:18 in the same space!
The Spark, Bizarre and TrueScale brands are particularly impressive. All three are hand-crafted in the same factory, and are all produced in resin instead of diecast metal. They were one of the first companies to use resin, and have recently upgraded to injection-moulding to form their bodies (as opposed to simply pouring the resin into the mould). Because the resin is now pressurised in the mould, the body lines, vents, air intakes, louvers, etc are now even sharper and more precise.
Spark, Bizarre and TrueScale also use numerous intricate photo-etched metal components such as grills, window frames, wipers, body trim, handles and bonnet clips. Also, check out the tubular alloy exhausts and injection stacks - amazing for such a small scale. Some other brands still use bits of solid round plastic to represent the exhaust.
Another hallmark of these three brands is the extremely thin plastic sheet used for each individual window. Again, most other brands still use one thick, moulded piece of plastic to represent all windows in the model.
Cheers, John
http://www.spr-models.co.nz[quote="Steve Holmes"]Wow, those are fantastic John! The Shadow in particular is incredible! I'm amazed by the level of detail.[/quote]
You're right Steve - the level of detailing is amazing - especially for 1:43rd scale. Many enthusiasts dismiss 1:43 because of 'lack of detail', instead preferring to collect the larger 1:18th scale. That may have been the case many years ago, but nowadays 1:43rd models are superbly detailed. And you can display far more 1:43 than 1:18 in the same space!
The Spark, Bizarre and TrueScale brands are particularly impressive. All three are hand-crafted in the same factory, and are all produced in resin instead of diecast metal. They were one of the first companies to use resin, and have recently upgraded to injection-moulding to form their bodies (as opposed to simply pouring the resin into the mould). Because the resin is now pressurised in the mould, the body lines, vents, air intakes, louvers, etc are now even sharper and more precise.
Spark, Bizarre and TrueScale also use numerous intricate photo-etched metal components such as grills, window frames, wipers, body trim, handles and bonnet clips. Also, check out the tubular alloy exhausts and injection stacks - amazing for such a small scale. Some other brands still use bits of solid round plastic to represent the exhaust.
Another hallmark of these three brands is the extremely thin plastic sheet used for each individual window. Again, most other brands still use one thick, moulded piece of plastic to represent all windows in the model.
Cheers, John
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