[Closed] PICS - The '55 Speedster under varying light sources and backgrounds.....

Jerry one question are BOTH the roof and lowe body the same shade of green?

Someone posted that there are two different greens I think one is metallic and one isn't? To me this sounds weird and it looks to me to be just yellow and ONE shade of green. Am I correct?

There is only 2 colors, yellow and green. The yellow is a solid color and.....

the green (both top and side) is the same metalic green color. The problem is that the green has a very fine gold metalic that reflects the light differently thus making the top and sides look like 2 different shades under different angles and lighting. Look at the last 2 pics very closely and you'll see that there is only one shade of green.

Cool pics! I like that the colors change in different light. It makes it more...

... interesting!

(PIC) An interesting model, but....

it still concerns me that the shut lines of the doors don't seem to be precise and the fit of the quarter light is not good. Look at the fit of the quarter light and the underside of the roof on the real car.

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DM have come a long way since they started, but shut lines are a fundamental problem to them and I don't understand why. Their models are not cheap and you don't see these problems with AUTOart and Kyosho that produce both 1:43 and 1:18 models that are, in some instances, comparable in price and could have the same problems, but don't and are probably made in the same factories in China.

I think DM have been a great benefit to the model car world, but can someone explain this short coming, that cannot be put down to photography. I've owned a great many of their models from Garry Cooper's Duesenberg onwards and the majority have shut line problems.

You are pretty much on the money Paul.

My Speedster seems to not be suffering with misaligned doors; the shutlines on my example seem quite good. There is no gap in the front qurater lite on either door.
FYI, Kyosho and Minichamps images are manufactured thru the same vendor, DM models have, I understand, several vendors with one main one... the one who produced the Studebaker and the '56 Buicks. I think the gap problem is an assembly one rather than a design flaw... and these cars are pretty much assembled by hand...
Great pics, Jerry.. the Stude is a gorgeous model!

Yes, Paul I agree 100%. This is a fact of life with DM models. The shutlines issue has always...

... been present. I'm sure it's due to the choice of vendor DM uses in China. It would appear they do not have the capability to produce a model with better tolerances in that regard.

It is amazing that the shutlines on the 1/18 are so much tighter....

AUTOart's model panels are impossible to open with a fingernail I don't know how many times I have to push a toothpick from under the engine to open a hood if I can't shake it open... or have to use a door mounted mirror or door hande to get the doors open.
This is a Jag I just shot. You can see the door shutlines with the bright white livery but the hood and trunk look almost invisible in the base green.

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PIC - I really don't see any major problem with the shut lines......

On camera, the lines are exagerated due to the lighting but to the eye, they look fine. As far as comparing 1:24 to 1:18 models, the size difference is in favor of 1:18 models. The larger size should allow for finer detail and better precision, period...... JMO

These pics were taken with the flash.................
The hood looks very good on my model......
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The door gaps are not as tight as the hood but they are even. In my opinion, there needs to be a sufficient gap to allow operation without force or damage to the paint around the edged of the doors......
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I’m with you Jerry….. I don’t see this as a major issue and looks better in person.