Rick L

Sorry about the temps. They are in centigrade but still accurate.

120 to 160 degrees. How will you perform the shaping? Are you vacuum forming or drape forming?

And to think Jim Hall was only 27 years old in 1962.

Pace peacekeeper spray booth is made of aluminum, can handle flammable paints, and has good suction. It’s on the expensive side but it’s the only one you’ll buy. Pacepaintbooth.com

Sweet, clean, and simple.👍

A slow turning drill should find the center. Just my opinion but I thought it would be worth a try before you spent $52.00 (Yikes) on custom seats.

A drill bit the size of the i.d. with a slow variable speed power drill would stay on center and zip them out in no time. Run strips of masking tape between the grommets and sand the high spots down without going through the tape. That would leave you with about a .007 rise in the grommet. Paint the seats and dab the grommets with a Molotow pen.

Great score for a course that long.

Very nice! But I think I’m more impressed with the garage setup.

Striking color combo. Nice clean build.

It may look like it but it is not. I don’t know what it is exactly but it is not Mylar. It is .001 thicker than BMF and works very well on straight lines that have straight or subtle rollovers. This corvette is a guinea pig for testing and was done a while ago. It’s still holding up. The MIG is not BMF but if you use BMF often it can replace it in certain applications at a cheaper cost.

She was one hell of a model maker.

Inflation is measured largely by the consumer price index. Home prices are not considered in the CPI. Home prices are measured by what the market can bear.

The housing market is different. The average home price in Kansas is $205,000 compared to California at $800,000. The average cost of a washing machine for both states is about the same. .

😀 So ironic that the inflation subject came up. I stopped for gas yesterday and while waiting to pay inside I got roped in from the temptation rack and bought a Twinkie for $2.69. When I was a kid they were a dime. A family pack box of 12 was 69 cents.

A very good video but it fails to mention using sulfur free modeling clay. Also not to use latex gloves. Both sulfur and some nitrile gloves will inhibit the rubber. If using gloves, stick with vinyl. If not using any gloves be sure to wash your hands. Greasy hands from a pizza or cheeseburger can also create havoc 😀

I’ve worked with polyurethane resins for over 40 years and intrigued that this stuff can cut lacquer without cutting styrene. If this stuff is non hazardous it certainly won’t cut polyurethane resin castings.

You have a tedious task there Len. May I suggest placing double sided adhesive on the back of the cowl and use it as a template to scribe the outline on the body. Remove the cowl, rough cut the opening with a Dremel and work to the scribe line with emory boards and jewelers files until you get a fit.

Pressure pots don’t come cheap. Fortunately I have access to them and that’s been the only answer to reducing but not quite eliminating these pesky bubbles.

Unfortunately you’re introducing bubbles to the plastic by hand mixing. A fast curing resin will make matters worse. A pressure pot will help. Especially with a slow curing resin.

This 4 part rtv mold was formed over a RenShape master without pressure or vacuum. The resin casings (second photo and ready for primer) are cast upside down and sprued to the inside top where pressurized mixing guns shoot the airless plastic down into the bottom of the mold and push the air up and out through risers along the perimeter of the part. This resin kicks within 20 seconds after filled. The same technique can be done on a small scale by poring vacuumed resin into a syringe and pushed into a two part mold.

The mold for that tire was well made. Is that a two or three part mold?

I’m not knocking BMF. I use it. But the MIG is a great alternative to where I don’t need BMF. Such as my illustrated photo.

Hey fellas My MIG AMMO adhesive aluminum sheets just arrived from Ebay and compares well with BMF. The MIG measures about .0015 compared to .0005 Of BMF. The MIG goes down just as easily and sticks very well. There are 5- 7 3/4 X 11 inch sheets per package at under $20.00 including shipping.

It’s easier to mold with silicon rubber. A silicon rubber mold will work for whatever material you are casting with. When casting, a release agent is recommended when using polyurethane but is required if casting with silicon rubber. A pressure pot is not needed when silicon molding but helps when casting any material. Splitting the tire in half would make molding and casting easier because you would only need a one part mold if casting with urethane. The air bubbles would rise to the gluing surface. Glue the two halves together, clean up the parting line, and paint black. . A solid tire is a little trickier to mold and cast without having a parting line and sprue present. Try Smooth-On Corp for tutorials and material.