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Got bored the other day and was on ebay and bought a cool 1:18 scale C5 Z06. got in the mail yesterday and painted the wheels, and lights and lowered it by taking the springs out. Tried to make it look like my car. now it will sit pretty on my TV stand lol.
I always enjoy miniatures or all types , even in 1/18 scale. I have a few C5 models, 1/32 scale slot cars in plastic, but they mostly come in dedicated race liveries, instead of street paint.
However playing around with that stuff lead to some small insight into model design. And the poster has provided an excellent way to examine the contrasts between the real and a copy.
I always assumed they just scaled a drawing down , 1 to whatever scale ratio is selected. But, in some cases this approach doesn't work visually or financially as well as interpreting the car so that it looks right, verses strictly correct scale representations. The posted pictures make it easy to explore the contrast between the 1/1 and the 1/18 copy, good job matching them up.
An easy difference to observe is in the front turn signals. The fender badge is also a little big probably to attract the eye and be easily readable, while still remaining visually correct enough to convey a solid impression.
Just trying to add another dimension to the enjoyment. I would be surprised if many buying a model care to search for deeper understanding of model manufacturing. I just fell into it buying toys for play with my son.
Turns out, Playmobile toys are the same size as the big "G" gauge toy trains, so the guys can ride the train, the size is easy for little hands , etc.
Well, it turns out when you go to the train store, they sell slot cars. The 1/32 slot car guys are very much like some of the model train guys, they call them rivet counters, where if the real train has 5 rivets in one area, they expect the model to have the same number of bumps.
Hanging with these guys, they also have web sites, gave me the background to discuss interpretation of a shape into a toy model. The poster has provided an excellent example of this with his photos. One of the first areas I look to for accuracy is the green house, this model looks pretty good . Another thing I never considered was that plastic shrinks as it cools, and at different rates, another area of challenge, depending on the model. Detail costs money and is more easily done in a large scale.
zdeckish, You got to me. I just bought a C5 coupe model kit on the bay.
hahaha yea I was at a car show and a guy was selling a bunch of die cast but he wanted $75 for them and wasn't going to pay that. went to ebay paid $31 for the die cast shipped to my door lol.
11-02-2014, 04:20 PM
My C5 Z06 DIE-CAST MODEL
I have it sitting here in on my office computer. Now if i could only find a way to make my model look like my car. Hmmmmm
