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Mold Making and Resin Casting Your Own Sculpted Miniatures - Part 7

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Uploaded by on Aug 4, 2009

Part 7 of a Video Series that details how to make Rubber Molds and Resin Casts of your own 28mm Miniatures. The casting kits used is Smooth-On's Mold Making and Casting Pourable Starter Kit.

Smooth-On's Website:
http://www.smooth-on.com/Getting-Started-Po/c4_1217/index.html
(Also check out their great Mold and Cast videos!)

Apparently on Amazon.com as well:
http://www.amazon.com/Moldmaking-Casting-Pourable-Starter-Kit/dp/B000QCHVC2

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  • Thanks for the syringe idea, i've been getting a lot of flash from spilling when i do the 2 halves separately. Will try that one out.

    One question though. Since i have a lot of fine detail/rivits on my models, I like to scrape over lightly with a toothpick whilst my resin sets to make sure it gets into all of them. How can i make sure if i'm using this injection method that the resin will get into every little detail?

    Cheers

  • Well, speed of injection is important, the slower you inject the resin, the better it will creep into detail and not flow over it and leave air pockets.

    It's a tricky thing to get small rivets to cast properly without some kind of pressure chamber (I would imagine).

    I'm not sure how much help that is.

  • no part 8?

  • Follow the link?

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  • So far it's all gone well for me. A few things I've worked out myself so far:

    1. If possible, leave the original sprue tags on the part to form entry/vent ports

    2. If not, hand cutting a channel afterwards is cleaner than trying to tidy up piece-meal bits of joining sprue

    3. Don't combine too many parts on the same input channel or you get uneven fills with the resin

  • Great series! I watched this all 3 times prior to my own first attempt (resin curing as I type) as I was a bit nerveous about all the steps. This series has been excellent - step by step down to the last detail , which is important for someone who's never cast anything before

  • Wish I would have watched these BEFORE I started playing with it. What's the most cost effective way to do this? Cheapest quality resin/mold making RTV?

  • What if you want o cast a lego starwars helmet what would u do with the hole where the head goes in? would u seal it with plasticis or add the spay so i dont stick? plz respond and i subbed

  • what if the peices are still on the plastic punchouts will this be a hell of alot easier?

  • how could i get the pices black without painting the pices??? any special color mixed in???

  • lol he's gonna eyeball it

  • @54DUNLOP Seriously, have you been watching this video?? He told it!

  • do you just throw the syringe out after each time

  • just out of interest what was in the other 2 moulds?

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