Last year’s Skyfall (by far the best James Bond film made in years) saw the return of the Aston Martin DB5. To save having to blow up the priceless classic car, the makers of the film 3D printed three one-third scale replicas.

Propshop Modelmakers, in charge of creating the prop, commissioned Augsburg-based high-tech company Voxeljet to create the three Aston Martin DB5 models that double for the priceless original vehicle from the 1960s. The cars were printed in 18 parts layer by layer using plastic particle material.The parts were then sent to Propshop Modelmakers in Pinewood Studios near London for its assembly, finishing, lacquering in the original colour, chroming of certain components and the application of realistic bullet holes. Well, colour me impressed.