Mountfleet Models

[Simpo Two]

Stumbled on this and thought it worth sharing for anyone who likes model boat kits:

https://www.mountfleetmodels.co.uk/

[Simpo Two]

Continuing my 'obscure model companies' theme I found German company Artitec:

https://www.artitecshop.com/en/

A remarkable range of resin models there.



(Plastic models used to be called plastic models; when did they start calling it resin?)

[generationx]

Simpo Two said:

(Plastic models used to be called plastic models; when did they start calling it resin?)

They’re two different things. Plastic models tend to be higher volume injection moulded types, resin lends itself to low volume where expensive tooling is not required and very high surface detail can be achieved. However the tooling has limited life and the parts can be difficult or fragile to handle, prepare etc and the process is much less automated.

Plastic moulded parts



Resin parts

[Yertis]

Simpo Two said:

Continuing my 'obscure model companies' theme I found German company Artitec:

https://www.artitecshop.com/en/

A remarkable range of resin models there.

What a curious range. Here’s a model I didn’t know I wanted - a half-track drag-line.

[dr_gn]

generationx said:

Simpo Two said:

(Plastic models used to be called plastic models; when did they start calling it resin?)

They’re two different things. Plastic models tend to be higher volume injection moulded types, resin lends itself to low volume where expensive tooling is not required and very high surface detail can be achieved. However the tooling has limited life and the parts can be difficult or fragile to handle, prepare etc and the process is much less automated.

Plastic moulded parts



Resin parts

The resin parts you’ve shown aren’t out of a mould, they’re UV cured 3D prints.

The stuff that was commonly sold as ‘resin’, for things like 1:43 car models or aftermarket detail parts for aircraft is a two-part resin that is poured into a silicone mould.

[generationx]

Apologies Doc, was just a quick screengrab to illustrate. Try this

[dr_gn]

generationx said:

Apologies Doc, was just a quick screengrab to illustrate. Try this

Yup, that's the kind of thing I think of as "resin" in relation to scale models.

[Simpo Two]

Yertis said:

What a curious range. Here’s a model I didn’t know I wanted - a half-track drag-line.

I'll see your half-track drag line and raise you a liquid manure spreader