Exhausted Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I just thought you guy's would like to see this in action. This is an old educational/promotional video that shows the mold makers using pantographs and giant masters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Thanks for posting, interesting stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 V. nice. Like an episode of How It's Made. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 i liked it. makes me wonder if it has gotten essayer to make a model now a Days? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Cartwright Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Great find, thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PNW_Modeler Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 essayer Is that a person that writes essays for a profession? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalo Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Great post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Very interesting, thanks for sharing. The mould that they are designing on the CAD workstation around 5:37 looks like ProModeler 1/48 P-47N, which must be about right for the timeframe. And I might be mistaken, but it looks like the Catalina moulds that are taking shape around 6:20. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 great find! thanks for sharing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
is it windy yet? Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Interesting tidbit about revell-o-gram producing 10 000 000 car kits in 1991. I'd love to know how many they are producing now. The sad part about that video is that the majority of those jobs shown in the video are now offshore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grant in West Oz Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I'm waiting for Peter Jackson to make a short film about his journey into injection moulding aircraft. G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Cool and interesting video ... Thanks for posting it ... It's later than 1991 though, they show a Star Trek Voyager kit at one point and I believe that show didn't start airing until 1995 or so ... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Les / Creative Edge Photo Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 (edited) Interesting tidbit about revell-o-gram producing 10 000 000 car kits in 1991. I'd love to know how many they are producing now. The sad part about that video is that the majority of those jobs shown in the video are now offshore. I was thinking the same stuff. Yeah the plant in the video is closed down now and set up off shore now. Meh, such is life. But maybe in time as the gap between manufacture in the East narrows to the West this sort of stuff may come back. Edited July 25, 2013 by Les / Creative Edge Photo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NavyPhantoms Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I miss the days when I walked into a store and saw all of those old Monogram planes, cars and even armor kits. That was back in the 80s when I was a kid. I enjoyed looking at the boxes, some with art and some with photo images. Back in the days when I was a kid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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