Thanks Richard I appreciate your words. Ok big day in the office (garage) again. Its been raining & really kooled things down. This isn't good for casting. So I didn't get much of that done today. I spent some time cleaning up some pieces & redoing a ccouple of my first molds. Im reasonably happy with the results so far though there are some pieces that can be improved on. When doing a single part open cast in the pot I can pretty much assured of 100% strike rate. Unfortunately with the 2 part sandwhich style mpld casts Im having some failures. I hate failures............
So some parts Ive opted for solid casts. They produce more weight but save resin & time through non failure cause theres less wastage & Im not chasing my tail.
Roco 215 hollow for the top section.
Roco 215 tracks. The first picture is the cast. the second is the cast trimmed & sanded some. The third is the cast sanded to how the part is. The good news is this rsin sands very easily & the bottom result can be achieved quite quickly.
Roco 257 plows. The end bits are removed from these parts which I just realised when checking the 'Pappas Picture'.
Been stressing me as the end pieces weren't alway coming out perfect. Not a problem as these are cut.
Can see where Ive trimmed just in the inside so the part looks curved whilst its actually flat & solid.
Can see here what I was saying in the before picture.
A complete Roco 215 set of 24 tracks ready for someone who's going to finish the job. Will give him something to do while he waits for the other parts!
Another complete set of Roco 215's in solid form. These are nice & sharp. Obviously a bit heavier than hollow but shouldn't be a problem.
The Roco 257 cranes in halves. Ive had to redo these again as the crane piece with the 2 holes lost a thingy on the mold & now only casts one hole instead of 2. Damnit!
The Roco 257 crane base with the hydrolics pulled off. this too has been remolded.
The Roco 257's are good except for some small defects on the lower side & the rear bucket on the top. damnit!!! I have remolded this also.
The small piece that goes on the rear deck worked out good.
The Roco 254's I have cast solid also. They are nice & sharp & look almost edible. These get cut in half & go in the engine trench.
The Roco 215 hatch that is used a few times in the engine trench.
Roco 211 Ive also had some problems with. Now I know how this is on the model I have made alterations & remolded. It also has the turret & water can pieces that are required for this part. The part on the right end is hollow cast & good except there is some marks on the hull walls from the mold... So remolded with alterations it was.
So thats where Im at for now. The Centurion Grill is perfect thank the rsin gods. I hope to be done with Roco's soon as I counted there are 188 pieces required just from the Rocos........................................................
So some parts Ive opted for solid casts. They produce more weight but save resin & time through non failure cause theres less wastage & Im not chasing my tail.
Roco 215 hollow for the top section.
Roco 215 tracks. The first picture is the cast. the second is the cast trimmed & sanded some. The third is the cast sanded to how the part is. The good news is this rsin sands very easily & the bottom result can be achieved quite quickly.
Roco 257 plows. The end bits are removed from these parts which I just realised when checking the 'Pappas Picture'.
Been stressing me as the end pieces weren't alway coming out perfect. Not a problem as these are cut.
Can see where Ive trimmed just in the inside so the part looks curved whilst its actually flat & solid.
Can see here what I was saying in the before picture.
A complete Roco 215 set of 24 tracks ready for someone who's going to finish the job. Will give him something to do while he waits for the other parts!
Another complete set of Roco 215's in solid form. These are nice & sharp. Obviously a bit heavier than hollow but shouldn't be a problem.
The Roco 257 cranes in halves. Ive had to redo these again as the crane piece with the 2 holes lost a thingy on the mold & now only casts one hole instead of 2. Damnit!
The Roco 257 crane base with the hydrolics pulled off. this too has been remolded.
The Roco 257's are good except for some small defects on the lower side & the rear bucket on the top. damnit!!! I have remolded this also.
The small piece that goes on the rear deck worked out good.
The Roco 254's I have cast solid also. They are nice & sharp & look almost edible. These get cut in half & go in the engine trench.
The Roco 215 hatch that is used a few times in the engine trench.
Roco 211 Ive also had some problems with. Now I know how this is on the model I have made alterations & remolded. It also has the turret & water can pieces that are required for this part. The part on the right end is hollow cast & good except there is some marks on the hull walls from the mold... So remolded with alterations it was.
So thats where Im at for now. The Centurion Grill is perfect thank the rsin gods. I hope to be done with Roco's soon as I counted there are 188 pieces required just from the Rocos........................................................