risesoon / skymarks american airlines 777-200 chrome

B-16707 · 03-24-2011, 04:27 PM

oh what the plastic world would have been like if this process became mainstream!

no this model isnt a custom, it came out of the factory this way. supposedly the process is a hard one to do. if the chroming is messed up within the process, they have to chuck the entire model. im sure if they continued, they would have figured it out and refined the process though. im hoping in the future a plastic manufacturer would do this and get rid of the silly silver paint. what a fascinating proof of concept.

enjoy the pics. anyone know how many were made?

before i could only enjoy and marvel at this model with this pic thats been floating around on the net

now the model is in front of me...sweet!

pardon the dust =D

Bill-ay · 03-24-2011, 04:42 PM

that is very nice.

firefly · 03-24-2011, 04:53 PM

Love it too.

runway34r · 03-24-2011, 05:02 PM

Nice!!! Now only if they could do the same thing with the trailing edge of the jets! :P

mjabbasi · 03-24-2011, 05:03 PM

Did you finally find one or did you make this yourself?

Bill-ay · 03-24-2011, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjabbasi

Did you finally find one or did you make this yourself?

[QUOTE][no this model isnt a custom/QUOTE]

B-16707 · 03-24-2011, 05:10 PM

moin this is the real deal. not a custom

mjabbasi · 03-24-2011, 05:22 PM

So the CR Smith Museum sold them like this? Maybe that's where the whole lot went?

B-16707 · 03-24-2011, 05:28 PM

the museum probably never sold this as from people that have told me, these were all samples that never made it into production since the process was so hard.

however someone else on this forum named KHH said back in '03 said he has one too and seems to suggest that it was a production model. this thread: http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/...77-chrome.html

i want to be proven wrong. i want this to have been a production model so i can have hope of getting another to add gears without fear of damaging my only one haha!

Upkeep · 03-24-2011, 06:37 PM

That IS quite the 'proof-of-concept' piece alright. I'm a sucker for polished finishes, but if this could be done on a reliable manufacturing basis, it would be nice to see the odd one like this in my collection. The Herpa Premium AA A300 is really the business too, IMPO. Wait -- that is chrome on plastic . . . .

win_arc · 03-25-2011, 12:55 PM

Kai: May i ask you how much this model costs you???

B-16707 · 03-25-2011, 02:18 PM

haha i prefer not say!
but my most expensive model was the risesoon eva koala festival 747 though and i vowed never to spend that much again on any model rare or not

03-25-2011, 03:51 PM

This is wonderful! It would be spectacular with gears and updated engines!!

smoothjazz · 03-25-2011, 09:03 PM

Now it only had the gears...
Still very nice!

SgtMoody · 03-26-2011, 02:12 AM

thats an awesome looking model

03-26-2011, 11:54 AM

It's a shame Alclad 2 can't be used by manufacturers but I suppose it just isn't feasible.

B-16707 · 03-26-2011, 09:13 PM

yea alclad2 actually takes polishing to get this effect. if you just spray it on it has a AA polished metal effect instead of true chrome.

03-26-2011, 09:49 PM

Well, polished metal is better than the crappy silver paint typically found on plastic AA models.