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B-huj · 03-13-2010, 05:24 AM

diecast=die-casting, a manufacturing process in which parts are casted together "permanently", ie. no screws or snap fit, materials can be varied, usually but not always metal.

"diecast metal" toy/model was the full designation for stuff made with the die-casting process with metallic material. I remember seing rivet-like attachment poits at the bottoms of my old matchbox diecast metal toys. Not sure superglueing, the most common process nowadays except ih 1/76 model buses, is considered diecasting.

unfortunately, many ppl dropped "metal" and just think sth is "made of diecast"...

03-13-2010, 05:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
B-huj Old Collector Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,814	Re: What Exactly is a diecast? diecast=die-casting, a manufacturing process in which parts are casted together "permanently", ie. no screws or snap fit, materials can be varied, usually but not always metal. "diecast metal" toy/model was the full designation for stuff made with the die-casting process with metallic material. I remember seing rivet-like attachment poits at the bottoms of my old matchbox diecast metal toys. Not sure superglueing, the most common process nowadays except ih 1/76 model buses, is considered diecasting. unfortunately, many ppl dropped "metal" and just think sth is "made of diecast"...