WHat's The Best Way to Make a Casting of an Emblem?

[impcon]

What is the best process and material to use for making castings of small, delicate emblems on a car or truck if you are concerned that painting the model will obliterate or nullify the emblem or script? I want to make castings of the body trim pieces and scripts on my '63 Meteor before I prime and paint. I figured that the best way to preserve those scripts and emblems is to make a mold before I do any painting - take a casting of each emblem and then cast it and attach the casting to the model after it is painted and then BMF it. Am I out in left field here with this thought or does it make sense? Any help or sugestions will really be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Gary

[Guest]

What you are refering too is something called foil casting, here is how I do it, . Get the cheapest aluminum foil you can buy, take a small piece of it, smooth it out, gently tape it against the body, over the foil, using a q-tip, burnish or rub over the emplem, making sure you push hard enough to get all of the details of the emblem. Carefully remove the foil from the body. Turn over the foil, fill the impression with 5 minute epoxy, let dry, when dry, place foil on wax paper, side with epoxy down, cut off excess foil, wala, chrome emblem. If you want to see a article of this technique, email me your addy, and I will send it.

[spkgibson]

Here is how I make them,I take a peice of BMF,Fold it over so it sticks together,Tape it to the body I use to take the emblem off,Burnish it down,It is thinner than household foil,and show the detail better,Then I mix Baby Powder and Super glue,Then I take a toothpick load it up with mixture,and fill in the recess,and after 10-15 Minutes you can cut them out the same way as was stated in the last post,This to me is alot faster,And cheaper,And somtimes if you lucky the BMF will come off the part,This is great for Marker lights when that happens,all you have to do is paint them clear amber and clear red,and you have realistic looking maker lights,I tryed the other method,and you have to make sure the epoxy is very thin,or your part will break,My method you don't have to worry about that,Hope this helps!

[spkgibson]

Here Is a 72 Charger I have been working on,Converted from the AMT 71,I made the marker lights with that methed in my last post,The clear looking parts on the front and rear quarter panels are the makerlights,After Primer and paint,they look like they were molded on the car!

Edited June 24, 2010 by spkgibson

[Guest]

I'm going to have to try that oput Steve, sounds like it's a better way than mine. Thanks for sharing.

[spkgibson]

I'm going to have to try that oput Steve, sounds like it's a better way than mine. Thanks for sharing.

Not a problem,The results speak for themselves!