firestang_au Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 I started to play with making a blank to make a mould out of today and here it is. I sill need to do some detail work on it and sanding etc,but for the first go i'm happy.Going to do a one sided mold first up , although i have got an idea on how to make a two piece resin mold also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Looks great!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestang_au Posted March 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Thanks , it's a start. amazing what a bit of softwood , a dremmel tool and some advice can turn out. The idea i have for a 2 piece resin mold is to suspend the model upside down over the mold box , pour the resin in to the point where it reaches half to 3/4 the way up the side ot the model, let cure,de-mold then do it again. Hopefully the second is a match for the first side ,sand down the two surfaces that will mate, grind out the pour holes and in theory it shold be ok. As long as the setup is spot on when suspending the model over the mold box is identicle it should match perfectly, hopefully. other thing is ,the item being molded hsa to be solid, i guess you could glue a plastic onto an icecream stick and turn it upside down ,that may work. Anyway just an idea i had today.Feel free to shoot me down in flames if you think it won't work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Beautiful model. Polyester resin (bondo, etc) shrinks about 3 percent, Epoxy, plaster, and RTV don't. hope it helps. jm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Check out this tutorial also... http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb.php?mode=article&k=42 May give you some ideas as well. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
