Resin Casting Article

Sean Hert · Post by **Sean Hert** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:40 am

The article is in progress. Man, it's hard to take a photo with one hand while you pour silicone with another and steady the mold with another.

A-ha! You see the problem!

Plus, you know, writing sucks; I keep thinking "man, I should be building something...."

Soon guys, I promise.

kennylibben · Post by **kennylibben** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:56 am

Good, Glad to hear it! Just kidnap the girl next door... thats what i always do when i need a hand!

What is the ETA?

kennylibben · Post by **kennylibben** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:29 am

yes, estimated time of arrival. as to when will he be posting the article?

Victorious · Post by **Victorious** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:22 am

A.S.A.P

If you don't know what that means. Go back to school

kennylibben · Post by **kennylibben** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:24 pm

yes i know what those mean, but im still going back to school, tomorrow in fact. except i get to leave right when it starts to judge dirt. fun fun.

anyways i was asking SEAN, thank you very much!

spikesliew · Post by **spikesliew** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:42 am

Ooops.. Seems like i'm a bit late in the post.

Looking forward to the article, Sean!

I've a 76mm Oto Melera gun from an old kit that's out of production, and i've always wondered how on earth can i cast another one without wrecking that precious one.

Sean Hert · Post by **Sean Hert** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:33 pm

I can't tell you when the article will be done. I have to fit it around doing gallery updates, building stuff, work and all my honey-do projects.

Liew Chin Wen- what scale Oto Melera? I assume it's one piece, or is the barrel seperate?

spikesliew · Post by **spikesliew** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:28 am

Hi Sean,

It happens to be in 1/144 scale. Comes in three pieces, actually.

The gun casing, the barrel, as well as the base.

Warm regards,
Chin Wen

CMdelRio · Post by **CMdelRio** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:03 am

I'm not really interested in buiding anything huge. But, yeah there's definitely some things I'd like to build that no one makes for some of my dioramas. I could use that information..Go ahead!

Michael Potter · Post by **Michael Potter** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:18 pm

What baffles me is, how do you create the master part that the mold reproduces? In the article, please explain how to create such master parts.

scratchshipnut · Post by **scratchshipnut** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:19 pm

Mike , card models are an excellent place to learn to scratchbuild turrets and assemble hulls and such. Plus spend an evening going through the scratchbuild section here. The thing about casting is if your scratchbuilding something with a lot of secondary armament. You only have to scratch one really good one and cast identical copies for the balance of the ship. Gary

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Resin Casting Article

Resin Casting Article for Modelwarships.com

FYI

In the article, explain how to create the master part