How 3D printed cars were created to spare the original while filming Skyfall
Blogspam.
Original english article with photos: http://www.3ders.org/articles/20121107-voxeljet-builds-aston...
Sourced from original german article:
http://www.voxeljet.de/news-und-events/news/james-bond-skyfa...
So apparently you wouldn't print a car, but movie producers would.
Oh, the irony.
Kind of makes you sad for the artists who could take the bits from 20 or 30 Marvell plastic models and turn them into an Imperial Star Destroyer.