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To summarize we have learned about the two processes used to make model car and truck windows. For mass produced models of cars and trucks the plastic injection machine is used. Usually they are injected and cast as one part. For more expensive models having limited runs the vacuum forming process is used to make the windows.

Next in my series making model cars and trucks we will cover headlights, taillights, marker lights and light bars.

Toy Talk is hosted by Logan Skeele Founder of Advantage Diecast, LLC

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In this video series we talked about the process used to make one diecast metal car or truck.

Let’s begin our discussion on how wheels and tires are made.  In mass productions the wheels and tires are molded on a plastic injection machine.   

Mass produced model cars and trucks have their wheels and tires as part of the plastic cast.  Most of the inexpensive diecast cars and trucks use this kind of tire and wheel combination.  Plastic tires are standard on Hot Wheels models.  Also Ertl Trucks of the World series trucks used plastic wheels and tires.  The mold has the wheel and tire carved into the mold.  Therefore, the wheel and tire come out of the mold as one cast.  This is the least expensive way to make a wheel and tire for a diecast model vehicle.  It is cost effective because it removes one step in the assembly process.  

Other more expensive cars and trucks require a separate wheel and tire.   Most common are plastic wheels and rubber tires.  

To make plastic wheels the molten plastic is injection into a multi cavity mold.  If the wheels need to be painted, they are sent to the air brush department.  

If chrome or gold plating is required the wheels are put through the Vacuum Metalizing Process.  If you will remember from my last video the Vacuum Metalizing Process is a process where metal is heated in a vacuum chamber and then vaporized,  The vaporized metal is plated on the lacquered wheels.  And presto! The wheels are chrome or gold plated.  

The tires are made much like the wheels in a plastic injection machine.  The tire mold has many cavities thereby allowing several tires to be made at one time.  

A rubber like material is injected into the mold.   When the tires are cured they are ejected from the mold and dropped into a bin.   If nothing further is to be done to the tire they are sent to storage or assembly.   

However, if a name is required on the tire, they are sent to the pad printing department where each tire receives its name.   

Just think what a run of 1,000 18 wheel tractor trailer requires. 5,000 axles, 18,000 wheels and 18,000 tires not counting spare wheels and tires.  Each wheel and tire assembly have to be assembled by hand or with the aid of a machine.  

Its little wonder the inexpensive cars and trucks have their wheels and tires cast as one part.  This method saves time and time is money.  

A word for the hobbyist who wants to restore a model that has lost a wheel and tire.  Individual wheels can be resin cast by making a silicone mold of the wheel and casting it out of resin.  The tire can be made the same way by making a silicone mold of an existing tire and casting the tire out of a urethane rubber liquid.

Summary  We have covered the machines needed to make one diecast car or truck.  They ranged from a CNC mold cutting machine, plastic injection machine, pad printer, and vacuum chamber to plate our wheels.  To name a few.  We're slowly getting the idea that many people and skills are involved in creating one model car or truck.

In our next podcast we will explore the subject of how window glass, head lights, taillights, marker lights, and light bars are created and colored.

Are All These Machines Needed To Make One Diecast Car - How Diecast Cars And Trucks Are Made Part 2

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In Part two of our series we will talk about the plastic parts that are needed for our model.  Today, there are not many 100% diecast metal model vehicles made today.

First comes the idea of the car or we want to make.  Then we need a computer.  3d scanner.  A rapid protype machine such as a 3D printer, a CNC machine.  A heat treating machine, an electric furnace to melt the metal.  A High pressure diecasting machine.  A machine to remove sharp edges and smooth the castings.  A spray booth.  A airbrush and needed equipment.  A pad printing machine.  And the necessary people to operate the various machines.   What's next?   A plastic injection machine, and a large vacuum chamber, and more molds.

We have a fully painted and detailed diecast shell of a car.   Now we need to make the plastic parts. These parts include the under carriage, place to mount the axles, parts to be chromed or gold plated such as bumpers wheels and other parts to name a few.

Now we have to add to our growing list of machines a Plastic Injection machine.   A plastic injection machine works similar to the High Pressure Hot metal injection machine.  The plastic is heated to a molten state and forced under pressure into the steel mold.

In the plastic injection process, the parts of the molds are pressed together with a hydraulic ram and the molten plastic is injected into the molds through the sprues under pressure.  The mold is cooled and opened, and the part is ejected.  The mold closes and the cycle is repeated until all the needed parts have been produced.  The parts are attached to a sprue much like the metal diecast parts.

Now, what’s a sprue?  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term a sprue is a channel through which metal or plastic is poured or injected into a mold.

The next thing that happens to the parts are removed and separated into bins. The parts that need no paint will remain as they are.  Into the second bin goes the parts that need to be painted. Into the third bin goes the parts that need to be chrome or gold plated.

The plating is done by a process known as the Vacuum Metalizing Process.

What is this process?  Vacuum metalizing plastic is a process that allows you to create a layer of metal on a substrate, usually of another material. It involves heating the metal coating material inside a vacuum chamber until it vaporizes. The lack of pressure in this chamber drives the metal’s boiling point downward. This allows the metal vapor to condensate and form a layer over the top of a substrate of your choice.

Oh, Wait now are cars need wheels and tires.  Our next episode will cover how wheels and tires are made.  Stay tuned!

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WHAT IS DIECASTING? How Are Diecast Cars And Trucks Made - Part 1

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In this episode of Toy Talk, I am discussing diecasting and the production of a scale model car or truck.

What diecasting is. How it is used in model making. Why it so expensive. And why is it slowly becoming cost prohibitive in making model trucks and cars.

Before we start, this is a complicated subject and I will break up in several videos so stay tuned. This video will cover briefly diecasting a model from the raw metal to the finished product. The next videos will cover the stages of productions and tools used in mold making.

“Die casting is a metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a metal mold cavity. The mold cavity is created using two or more hardened tool steel dies which have been machined into shape and work. Diecasting is really an injection mold process. Die casting – Wikipedia”

The diecast process:

The mold or die is placed in a machine. A hydraulic ram closes the mold compressing the die. Then molten metal is forced into the die. Then the die is cooled. The die is opened, and the part is dropped out. The cycle repeats itself until the desired number or parts have been produced.

An airbrush is a small, air-operated tool that sprays various media, most often paint but also ink and dye, and foundation by a process of nebulization. Or more simply put, reducing the liquid media to a very fine spray.

Mass produced models are hung individually on a tree or other device. Next, they enter into a spray booth where the receive their coat of paint either robotically or by hand. Then the parts go off to an oven to bake the paint on. After the paint has dried the model is then placed in a restraining device and is ready for the pad printer, or silk screen process. In this case our model car is headed for the pad printer.

Now the model is complete.

Did I say complete? OOPS! I was premature. What about the plastic parts? What about the chrome bumpers and wheels? Wait what about tires? Were out of time in this video. So, stay tuned! I will answer these questions in my next video.

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Scales are one of the most important time and money saving concepts used in building real machines.  But what are scales and how are they used?  In this episode of Toy Talk, I cover the ideas of what scales are, how they are used, and we examine some of the most popular scales used in model building.  Scale is used to make model cars, trucks, airplanes, trains, ships, farm toys, construction equipment and more.  Scales are both used as toys to play with or collect, or scale is used to test the concepts ideas of new machines.

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What does a “dream” collection mean to you? To me a “dream” collection may have many items in the collection but may not be really interesting. By this I mean the collection is very much like other collections each having many of the same items. Therefore, not really interesting to the viewer and doesn’t garner attention.

To me a “dream” collection that is interesting has, regardless of scale, one or more related items to the collection that stand out and become the highlight of the collection that people want to come to see. These items usually are unique, hard to find, but not necessarily one of a kind. They are items that are something out of the ordinary. Not seen in every collection.

Regardless of the kind of items in your “dream” collection you probably want to show them off to your friends and neighbors. You worked hard and spent money to make your collection perfect. You probably built a room or have glass shelves to show off your collection.

You will want the viewers to rave about your collection garnering you that regional or world-wide recognition that you deserve. But you feel that after your friends have seen your collection, they have a ho hum attitude. For example, the attitude of the viewer might take “if you have seen one collection of trucks you have seen them all”. They will say it is nice and other kind things but you will feel let down.

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This is the origin of Advantage Diecast and how I decided to stop putting up with mediocre models being produced by manufacturers.  So I stood up to them and said "Hey I can do better than you" and started making my own model trucks.