Art Anderson Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 ...One of the nicest plastic promo's I've ever seen. 1:25 scale plastic promotional 2014 Corvette:
Art Anderson Posted March 10, 2015 Author Posted March 10, 2015 Looks great, Art. Who's doing this one? Made by H&S Development Company, in Hong Kong, for GM.
Guest Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 That is sweet, perfect color too. Looks like gauge decals as well.
unclescott58 Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 I too got mine recently. And I agree Art, it a very, very nice promo. I especially like the color. I'm now waiting for them to release the 2015 roadster. Scott
disabled modeler Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 It does look very nice but for me...I am a very late 50s through 70s promo guy just like the body styles better...
Mark Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 I agree, it's very well done. Only complaint is, they did the Indy 500 Pace Car markings as stickers instead of decals (or instead of doing one with the markings applied).
unclescott58 Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) It does look very nice but for me...I am a very late 50s through 70s promo guy just like the body styles better... Interesting you should say that. In general I am too. But, this new Vette does something for me. In fact, it's the first Vette that I've really like since the '73 model. Scott Edited March 10, 2015 by unclescott58
Agent G Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Interesting you should say that. In general I am too. But, this new Vette does something for me. In fact, it's the first Vette that I've really like since the '73 model. Scott X2 G
disabled modeler Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Interesting you should say that. In general I am too. But, this new Vette does something for me. In fact, it's the first Vette that I've really like since the '73 model. Scott The Vettes never did anything for me gents...Id rather have promos of family cars or...?
Joe Handley Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 The Vettes never did anything for me gents...Id rather have promos of family cars or...? I have to day, this one does look nice........do wish I could buy promos or better yet, kits of my 200 and Cherokee.
Harry P. Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Wow! Promos ahve come a long way since the 60s, when everything was molded in the same color.
kelson Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I'm just waiting for the Canadian dollar to be worth more then i'll spring for a couple.
Art Anderson Posted March 11, 2015 Author Posted March 11, 2015 Wow! Promos ahve come a long way since the 60s, when everything was molded in the same color. Harry, not all promo's of 50-60 years ago were "molded in the same color". While it was true, as a general rule, that body shells and interiors tended to be shot in the same color of plastic (first Tenite--acetate plastic--and after about 1962 or so, in Cycolac--ABS--the concept of "spray masking" for two-tone color schemes on body shells was well underway by about 1955 or so. Of course, to create parts of a promo to be molded in different colors of plastic, that requires the various component parts to be molded in tooling separate from any parts that need to be molded in a different color of plastic. There are two characteristics of promotional models that stand out to me nowadays (whenever we see the now-rather-rarely-done promotional model car: The use of two sets of molds to create the parts (and sometimes three!). Almost always nowadays, it seems that at least the chassis of a promo will be molded in black, the interior may be black, but a few promo's have been done with interiors in a color other than the black of the chassis, or the body color. The other change (I see it as an advancement) is the use of "pad printing" (Tampo printing if you will) to add small details such as scripts and badges, which often are multicolored, just as with their real counterparts; and "spray masking" which is used to create detail colors on surfaces which cannot be printed. On this Vette promo, all the vents, black window borders, and the taillight details were spray masked. That's a process which uses thin metal (usually hardened copper sheet), which is formed by hand to the body contour, very carefully, in order to get a tight "mask" against the model's material surface, then carefully cut out to expose just the area(s) to be sprayed a detail or secondary color (this is what was used, most likely, on 2-toned promo model car bodies back years ago!). The spray masks, once formed, and cut out to shape, are then hardened, and fitted into frames that can be inserted into machines so that a worker can simply hold the model body shell up against that mask, step on a pedal, which causes the machine to shoot a fast, timed shot of spray paint onto the exposed area within the mask. This sort of step may be repeated as many times as required to get the wanted detail colors. The taillights of this Corvette promo were done that way--a spray mask for the flat black bezel, and second one for the red taillight lens color. Spray masking is how multi-colored diecast toy and model cars have been 2-toned for decades, going all the way back to Matchbox, Corgi, Dinky and other toys, all the way out to all those modern-day high end diecasts of the 80's forward. I had to deal with that when I was in product development for Johnny Lightning 2002-early 2005. Art
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