Polished molds

[Guest]

I just looked at the body of Revell's California Wheels release of their 62 Impala SS. Man, is it ever polished. One of the shiniest and smoothest I have ever seen . What really polished bodies have you seen?

Edited April 20, 2013 by midnightprowler

[Harry P.]

This one. Pocher Mercedes. This is bare plastic:

The Pocher Porsche 911 is the same. Glass-smooth body; needs no paint.

[jas1957]

Many years ago I bought a '60s issue of the Monogram Little Duece. It was the same way didn't even need paint super shine right out of the box.

[slusher]

l bought a Mercedes Benz 1939 Supercharged 540 K scale-Museum Piece and the body was perfect and shiney molded in silver. l did not paint it. l think it was made in the 80's.

[Edsel-Dan]

ANT 86 El Camino SS.

Even marked on the box, and stated in many reviews.

Even molded in white back then.

Guess I need to start it.

All the Gunze Sangyo 1/232 scale 50s-60s American kits

The show up better in the ones molded in color,

but even the 55 Nomad molded in white was very shiny.

Edited April 21, 2013 by Edsel-Dan

[Eshaver]

I remember the old Monogram 1958 Thunderbird when it first appeared back about 1966. Molded in Black Plastic , that car was a looker . Then too, how about the AMT/ Linburg 1934 Ford truck kits . The first one , just the 1943 Ford truck with it's wrecker crane molded in a nice Tan was highly polished . The latter Yellow with the stake bed option wasn't too shabby either .

[Mark72JPS]

I have a 1963 issue Monogram 1/8th scale Big Drag,mint in the box,that if I ever built it would only need to be polished, if even that.

[Cato]

This one. Pocher Mercedes. This is bare plastic:

The Pocher Porsche 911 is the same. Glass-smooth body; needs no paint.

:angry:

[BKcustoms]

The first Revell 49' Merc kit I got was glass smooth.

[gerdog]

Eva Mendes has a pretty polished body I think. Oh you mean model car bodies?? The Lindburgh Little Red Wagon body is pretty smooth and shiney right out of the box.

[wheaton79chris]

Lindberg toyota pickup.greenish color and the lindberg 34 3in1 pickup. The one with the wrecker

[MyBradKeselowski]

I have the 1/8th Monogram 82 Z/28 Camaro and it is molded in a metallic and has a beautiful shine and finish.
I almost hate to even build it..

[TheRX7Project]

I recently recieved an older issue of AMT's '55 Chevy Stepside, molded in purple. If it wasn't for the swirl mark in the roof, I probably could've not painted it and nobody would've known.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Monogram 1/24 '57 Chevy snapper Easykit in red (no swirls), Monogram '34 Ford snappers in blurple (not all of them, for some reason), some of the monogram 1/24 Ford roadsters, in yellow.

Edited April 23, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy

[Draggon]

Monogram Blue Beetle, 30 Woody, and as Ed said, the 58 T-Bird, the original 55 Chevy, and I have an original AMT 40 ford molded in black that with a bit of Ultra-Restore will be shinier than paint.

[Brett Barrow]

90's Lindberg, especially the 1/20 stuff, were the most highly polished bodies I've ever seen in person.

[Art Anderson]

90's Lindberg, especially the 1/20 stuff, were the most highly polished bodies I've ever seen in person.

Most all injection molds are highly polished, but it's my understanding that it depends on the grade/blend of styrene used as to whether or not the plastic parts come out shiny or not.

Art

[dmk]

I have the 1/8th Monogram 82 Z/28 Camaro and it is molded in a metallic and has a beautiful shine and finish.

I almost hate to even build it..

I remember building that kit when it first came out. I just polished the body with car wax.

It was a nice kit.

[MyBradKeselowski]

I remember building that kit when it first came out. I just polished the body with car wax.

It was a nice kit.

It is a very nice kit, very well detailed also.

I almost hate to build it..

Edited April 23, 2013 by MyBradKeselowski

[martinfan5]

I have , or say still want to polish the bare plastic on a kit body

If I remember, werent a lot of the Stuff from Revellogram from the early 90s have polish molds, I seem to remember the Pontiac Grand Prix/ Tbird kits having a somewhat shiny look to them

[rustbucket82]

Polished mold or not, it gets paint. No paint, doesn't get judged because it is not a completed model.

[sjordan2]

The old Gold Cup version of the Jo-Han Mercedes 500K coupe (Roadster Limousine) was molded in the perfect burgundy color with a great shine. Just a little Meguiar's Scratch-X takes out any scuffing or blemishes. Later issue molded in red wasn't nearly as well-finished.

However, painting the inside of the body parts is recommended to reduce the "plastic" look and add a sense of metal density to the model.

[Shardik]

I just opened up a 1:12 AMT '37 Cord convertible that I got off e-bay, and the color and finish of the body look so nice I actually considered going without paint until I noticed a very slight ripple on the trunk that will need some smoothing. Still, for '60s vintage plastic, it looks amazing. I should post a photo' so you can all share in the wonder .

[Ben]

The Monogram 1/16 Kenworth Aerodyne conventional was marketed as a kit that didn't need to be painted. It featured dark metallic blue molded cab, hood and sleeper parts that were real glossy. They even included wax to polish them.