JoHan fall release

[keyser]

@niteowl7710

Olds barely sold 30k real F85 wagons across both 61-62. Lol. 

[ChrisBcritter]

Possibly dumb question, but could the old tools/molds themselves be high-res scanned to create masters for 3D printing?

[Luc Janssens]

4 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

Possibly dumb question, but could the old tools/molds themselves be high-res scanned to create masters for 3D printing?

What's the point if not complete?

Also when scanning a kit, you see in 3d what for example the body looks like and from there on, you can refine it, by adding panel lines ( header  fender) that weren't there on the original  promo-kit,  to break up a one piece bumper-grille in two separate parts because it's better to mold it that way, or to add seperate clear headlamps.

And also helpfull of course when designing an all new interior (Jo-Han weakpoint) and adapt it to an already existing chassis and drive-train design.

For example if Round2 or Revell would be interested in the '70 Olds Cutlass to be used and adapted to ad a sibling to an specific kit already in their product line-up/back catalog.

But, why bother...when one can start from scratch......

Edited March 31, 2022 by Luc Janssens

[Motor City]

As James Duff and Luc stated, I don't see any model company having the inclination to 3D scan existing and complete Jo-Han kits to create new ones using today's production methods.

[Bob Ellis]

15 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

This is the same fruitless circular argument that goes on every time this subject comes up. JoHan is dead, it doesn't feasibly exist in any way, shape, or form and there's no way to resurrect it short of buying the trade dress and copyrights of the name off Okey and then sinking 10s of millions of dollars unto recreating a catalog of odd 60s kits using 2022 technology. 

Because Okey has a pile of parts and some pieces of tooling. Seville took him on a ride of his own making and he clearly had no idea what he was actually buying. Even the kits he "released" (Fury Police car, Rambler, etc) were made from cobbled together NoS over runs. He has to the best of anyone's knowledge never applied plastic to a single piece of tooling he owns because it's not complete (ergo it won't close correctly in the first place), nor does a machine exist in which to mount whatever is left over to even attempt hanger shots of it.

The example of Round2 creating new bodies or pieces for old kits doesn't apply here because Round2 has the whole of the old tooling, plus a way to actually use it. There's no reasonable way to do that with what is left of the JoHan tooling that wouldn't make a completely new piece of tooling the cheaper option. There are a handful of subjects like the AMX that probably deserve that someone does a new kit of them, but the majority is lost to history because you'll never show me a feasible plan to sell 30k Oldsmobile Station wagons.

I totally agree. Old Johan kits are dead as a doorknob. USA Oldies were a feable attempt at competing with AMT's Street Rods kits in the mid 1970's. Last word: How do you make a million dollars selling model kits? Start with two million.

[Dave Van]

More likely to see 3D printed copies of many of the JoHan odd balls. 3D is good right now.....think what it will be in 5 years. 

[Smoke Wagon]

1 hour ago, Dave Van said:

3D is good right now.....think what it will be in 5 years. 

I have high hopes for it. Just look at how much other technology has advanced in the last five years. 

[keyser]

Just heard they got Cadillac license again, doing 3D kit of Blackwing!

[Phirewriter]

Would be great if someone would do it... 

[Oldcarfan27]

On 3/26/2022 at 11:17 PM, Oldcarfan27 said:

Don't start with a title you can't deliver on!

Unless some major news comes out between now and fall, my comment still stands.