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Throughout the years, Matchbox has used 2 different ways to depict door, hood and trunk lines in their castings. Either the line will be slightly raised above the surface, or the line will be a valley or crevasse. I never cared much for the raised lines as that's where the coat of paint will be thinnest and will be the first place to show nicks or wear.
There's one model, the #25 Ford Cortina, that will give us both examples. Since this model has opening doors we can't use the door lines as an example, but looking at the front hood, you can see that both of these models have valleys to show the hood lines.
The trunk lines are a little different story.
On the left, you see we have a casting with the recessed lines, while on the right the trunk has raised lines.
It's a little hard to see in the pictures, but this same model actually has 2 different castings (also 2 different paint shades
)
Does anyone else know of a model that has different lines in the castings like this model?
There's one model, the #25 Ford Cortina, that will give us both examples. Since this model has opening doors we can't use the door lines as an example, but looking at the front hood, you can see that both of these models have valleys to show the hood lines.
The trunk lines are a little different story.
On the left, you see we have a casting with the recessed lines, while on the right the trunk has raised lines.
It's a little hard to see in the pictures, but this same model actually has 2 different castings (also 2 different paint shades
)Does anyone else know of a model that has different lines in the castings like this model?
Interesting - not something I had ever noticed. Thanks for pointing out this interesting variation.
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