chriscarroll.ogre Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Hello to all. I am returning to the hobby after being away from it for decades. My, how things have changed! I will be trying to make police car blanks. My goal is to make reasonably accurate, but not super-detailed, police car bodies from resin, and therefore to learn how to become a resin-caster. I am not doing this as a business, to become a resin-casting company. Just as a hobby. I am so glad I found this website, it is very cool. Thanks for letting me join! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Battista Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Welcome to the forum Christopher...!Curious.... So your just going to make resin pieces to build them for yourself ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscarroll.ogre Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Hi there. Well, the plan is to make metalized masters. I want to spend my time making the master models myself out of resin and plastic, make a final silicon mold, then make a metallic final master. I'll try to do that by making one version of the model out of a resin impregnated with metal dust, such as brass. Then I can make however many models I want with the silicon mold, and when it wears out I can use the metal master to make a new mold. I enjoy the building phase more than anything else, and I'm not interested in making models for competition. So I think this way, I can make models of cars that I like (police cars, for example), and not have to worry about what to do when the mold wears out. I'm not planning to do this as a business because I just want to do it as a hobby. However, if someone wanted a copy of a model I make, I imagine some trading could be arranged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Battista Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 That's cool.... Sound like a good plan, Hope you enjoy the forum.... looking foreward to seeing your work. I have only built one police car model, but I have a big interest in them..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Welcome Christopher...! Sounds like you know what you really want to do...Id like to learn to cast bodies,hoods,etc. correctly someday so I can build more than one of my creations I come up with...LOL.. 60s/70s body style ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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