DIECAST MODEL FINAL ASSEMBLY LINE! - How Are Diecast Cars & Trucks Made - Part 7

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OUR YOUTUBE VIDEO SERIES, “What It Takes To Make A Single Diecast Car or Truck” concludes with Assembly!

We have covered in part one: diecasting & painting processes
Part two: plastic injection & Vacuum Metalizing Process
Part three: we talk about wheels & tires
Part four: we covered vacuum forming “windows”
Part Five: headlights & other lights
Part Six: packaging

If you missed these parts of the series, you can go to my channel to catch up.

Today we are going to talk about assembling our model. Yay! We have already discussed making all of our parts and packaging. Now we have to put all those parts together.

But before we get to assembly, lets do a quick review of everything so far.

So far in the series we have gone from raw metal to diecast parts with the high-pressure diecasting machine.

The castings are cut off the sprue and cleaned. The sharp edges are removed and the castings are ready for paint.

Next the parts are hung on a tree for painting with an air brush or powder painting booth. Giving us a nice painted finish on our metal castings.

Plastic parts start with raw materials. These raw materials are injected into the mold in a high-pressure plastic injection machine to make our plastic parts.

These parts are then clipped off the sprue to either be painted, or chrome plated, or sent to final assembly.

Wheels and tires are cast like the other plastic parts. They are cast as one piece for cheaper models, or as separate pieces for higher quality models. When cast as separate parts, the tires are usually made with a soft rubber material.

Window glass is formed with two different methods. Mass production models have windows made with clear plastic in a plastic injection machine. Limited production models use the vacuum forming machine to make super clear windows.

Headlights, taillights & other details are made either as plastic parts or pad printed on the painted castings to make our models more realistic. With the advent of micro led lights, illumination is coming for more models.

We have all our parts made, painted & waiting to go to their stations on the assembly line. We have the packaging waiting for finished product at the end of the assembly line.

At the end of the video I am going to do a demonstration of assembling a few Hot Wheels cars and Greenlight Collectibles Vehicles.

Let’s begin Assembly.

Assembly is the most labor-intensive part of model making. The different parts require different methods of assembly. The model passes through many hands before it is finished.

Large production run models are built along a movable assembly line, much like real cars. The first station would assemble the body of the model and put it on the moving belt to the next station. At the next station another part would be added and then sent on down the line and so on. This would be repeated with as many parts as necessary to complete the model. Once the model is complete it is sent on down the line to the packaging station where it would be put in whatever type of packaging was chosen for this particular model, packed in a shipping carton and sent off to the warehouse to await shipment to distributors or retailers.

Another way models are assembled is a system where each station puts its parts on in turn, but instead of the movable belt bringing the next model to the station, the person puts parts on many models, packs them in trays, and then the trays of partially assembled models are carried on down to the next station and the process continues this way until the finished model is done and put in a shipping carton. This method is more labor intensive and used on much smaller production runs.

The last assembly method is reserved for the most limited of production runs. This method is where all the parts are at one station and one person assembles the complete model. Each set of parts would be laid out in order that they go on the model and the skilled model builder would then put each part on by hand. Once all the parts were put on, the model would be packed in its packaging and then sent to the warehouse. This is the slowest method to build a model.

Each method of assembly is viable and has its merits. The choice of assembly type is primarily based on the number of units to make. The movable belt being the fastest method and used with the largest production runs.

Next week brings us a new topic, So stayed tuned!

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

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