[Closed] White metal model versus resin model challenge...........................................

Same with die-cast Ben and a lot lighter in one’s pocket.

Yes Chris! I posted this, because I will stick a Hot Wheels (or Johnny Lightning) in my pocket in the morning to bring me good luck through out my day.

I don't think it is all that effective luck wise, but I forget it is there, and when I put my hands in my pocket and wonder what it is, and pull it out, and say 'Oh yeah, I forgot about that' and it
ALWAYS makes me smile!

I know you collect 1/64 cars...I have about 10k Johnny Lightnings, Hot Wheels and Matchboxes (90% of them are JL's) on cards and about 2k loose ones.

Wasn't it Mae West who said...

"...Is that a Brooklin in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

Why does one have to degrade the other?

Can't you talk about the merits of any model (regardless of material or manufacturer) without the snark and degradation?

FWIW, and since we're getting so personal, I buy what's most accurate and detailed, and for my money, resin is it. I might have started with Corgi but outgrew the simplicity a long time ago. And if my techno skills were better, I'd post a side by side of Brooklin's (crude) Packard Clipper next to CMF's recent Clipper. Perhaps someone could oblige?

My discussion is not to pick sides....I probably buy more resin models than white metal, because there are more resin models available.

There are pro's and cons in both material models, so I brought up a discussion about a resin con that affects a lot of my resin models that I paid for with my hard earned money.

It is difficult to watch a model fall apart, without even being touched, that you paid $100 or more for.

My subject was that parts fall off resin models frequently, and that is an undisputable fact, but I still buy them.

As a matter of fact, I just got this beauty in....

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Ben,not to get on your case, but..

You did take sides:

> You can put a Brooklin in your pants pocket and walk around all day with it there, and take it out of your pocket at the end of the day and it will be fine.
Try to do that with a resin model.

I'm just not sure why this is necessary.

Ben, I just have one Johnny Lightning ……...

The Screamer ?...

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Chris

Sounds like you took sides too!...

> I'd post a side by side of Brooklin's (crude) Packard Clipper next to CMF's recent Clipper.

All of my Victory models were resin, but.....

we did some metal base plates and I think even some seats. It depended upon the person who did the master, and there were different modelers involved.

Parts lost

Ben,I am planning to sale my resin collection.So,I check all the models ( made in China ).
I am effraid to see the great number of small parts falled or unglued windows and photoedge.
In the world of collectors,a missing door handle means a poor value of the model.
In regard with the price paid when new,I thinck that the solution should be to have the models in picture or to do a barn field.
I have several Motor City,Western and others metal bodies.No problem with them.
My Elegance models ( made in France ),in r?sin,after 25 years in my showcase,are always OK.
That means the great difference between a serious work to do
a good model and a work to make monnay.

Why did I think you had a large collection of them? Are you still the moderator on Forum 64?

I was just stating a fact sir...is not what I typed true?

It's the intent, Ben...

..that you prefer one or the other is just fine, that you degrade the other isn't. That your judgement seems based on the misuse of the object in a way they clearly weren't intended (regardless of material) is misleading and irrelevant. Again, post a picture of Brooklin Packard Clipper and the CMF Clipper and the Matrix Packard Darrin and let's have a go at it.