3D Printing: Aston Martin

For the recent Bond 'Skyfall' movie, new technology 3D printing (which I've covered a few times on this blog) was put to amazing use, in creating a series of scale replicas of the famous Aston Martin DB5 by famed prop-makers 'Propshop Modelmakers Ltd'.

Given an original DB5 recently sold for $4.7m, these replicas seem cheap at the price - although one intact model sold recently at auction for $100,000.

Here's a promotional video clip from 3D printer company Voxeljet - hardly thrilling but will give you a few more details if you're really keen: