DIECAST MODEL HEADLIGHTS & TAILLIGHTS - How Are Diecast Cars & Trucks Made - Part 5 - a podcast by Logan Skeele

DIECAST MODEL HEADLIGHTS & TAILLIGHTS - How Are Diecast Cars & Trucks Made - Part 5

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IN OUR SERIES of conversations on what it takes to make a single diecast car or truck.

We have covered in:

Part 1: Diecasting & Painting Processes.

Part 2: Plastic Injection Machine & Vacuum Metalizing Process.

Part 3: We talk about Wheels & Tires.

Part 4: We looked into Thermoforming & Vacuum Forming “Glass.”

Today, we talked about manufacturing headlights, taillights, marker lights & light bars.  We covered how they are made & colored. For mass produced models of cars & trucks the plastic injection machine is used. Headlights & taillights are often injected & cast as one part.

For more expensive models, lights are cast as individual parts & placed on the model by hand during final assembly.

Light bars are usually made of clear plastic. The red & blue color is painted on by skilled painters. Finally, we ended our conversation by touching briefly on illumination of headlights, taillights, marker lights, signal lights, & light bars. RC cars & trucks provide the best examples.

Lights add realism to any model & make the model come alive.

Next time I will go into creating the packaging for our model vehicle. So stayed tuned.

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

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