I recently hear from someone who heard from someone else that Smooth-On #C1511 was a fairly decent resin for casting thin parts. By thin, I refer to H.O....
A question was asked a few days ago about how to clean off clay from a master when trying to prepare a 2-part mold. This question was never answered that I...
Hi, I recently joined this group under the advice of a fellow 'G' scale modeling friend of mine. I am basically wanting to make various custom weights for a...
Thanks for the comments/ help regarding patterns on resin. I had another little play and came up with a good one. I wanted to have a stone Wall, so as I have...
This may be an old trick to some but I just found it and think its just brillient. My son has an Aliminum brief case / storage box. It has a nice cross hatch ...
I am looking for a plaster wheel any help will be appreciated. A plaster turning wheel is used for cutting shapes out of plaster I. Have photos of my self...
Hello, I just recieved a query by e-mail and was hoping somebody here can help. Can anybody suggest an address in Europe where vulcanised rubber disc moulds...
Hello Members, I have been wanting to get into casting for years but for some reason, I have always thought that it was to expensive or too difficult to...
... On pieces that give me trouble, I use mold ... BUT I have paid for this clay....> ... Also I live in the country so I can not just pop in and pick up some,...
Scott wrote: ... Anyhow, I've recently hit a snag. I have some parts to mold that are very delicate. They are made from super sculpey and are only about a 1/4...
Kenn, I noticed in your reply to my message that you have your own company, Exquisite Miniatures. Do you have a Web site for your business? Frank G....
I have a question for the group: I make molds of my original wargaming miniature sculptures. I generally make a box (4 walls) out of lego blocks surrounding a...
I got myself some two part resin this weekend and made my first test casts. I used a BIRESIN resin from Tiranti in the uk. This is a G26 Urethane resin if it...
Hi everyone, I am looking for a small vaccu-form machine that I can use for creating windows for our truck cabs in 1/87 scale. I have searched the web and...
Hi! I received notice through a moderators group I belong to, that there is a problem with Yahoo groups placing people on moderated status. Moderated status...
Hi Everyone! Thanks to all those who answered the Poll regarding which casting materials you use. For those of you who haven't yet, I would really appreciate...
Yup- I did some injection moulding using a lever press piston through a heated feed hopper at college- I doubt the machine was too expensive, or too hard to...
... I am cross-posting this to several places where vacuum pumps are talked about. To measure inches of mercury: If you stick a long glass tube into a dish of...
Joel The book is Secrets of Building a Plastic Injection Molding Machine by Vincent Gingery It is available from Lindsay Books ( www.lindsaybks.com ) ISBN...
Hey, I have someone wanting me to cast weapons for action figures.. but I'm afraid that regular casting resins like Alumilite are too brittle for small weapons...
Is there a way to recycle the plastic from plastic model sprues? You know, the extra plastic 'frames' that hold the pieces to a model. Can it be melted or...
Hi All, I've been doing some casting for a little while now and have made a dozen or so 2 part molds (not that that makes me an expert but does let you know...
Hello! I have a small 4" tall figure I need to make a mold off. It was originally plastic and has a visible seam along the sides of the arms wher the 2 pieces...
Hi Folks I have a question for those of you who use clay for your two-part molds. I am looking at doing a two-part mold for a railroad model (flatcar). I want...
Just a quick note to let those of you casting in small quantities that I ran into a scale that works well. Available from micromark www.micromark.com Its a...
Hi I have contined looking around for how to articles etc thanks for all the input from this list. The model I want to cast if i was to use a two piece rtv...
Hello, I am new to this list and I have a question. I may be setting up a foundry to make wargames miniatures and I will need all of the necessary hardware,...
