New Plamo Tsukurou video up on YouTube

[Brett Barrow]

He opens the doors, and bonnet, details the engine, and builds a diorama for it. It's the full 9 parts, but don't bother with part 4, there's no modeling content.

I think this is the best automotive one yet.

Here's part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeU5BnLVT8E

[Tradeshowjoe]

thanks for sharing Brett. Great stuff. Speak Japanese? I'm curious about some of the materials he uses in the video.

[Tradeshowjoe]

84 views no response, perhaps I should be more specific.

can anyone help with the following questions?

1. What is the two part putty used for his mold when metal casting?

2. What is the metal he uses?

3. What material does he carve the gas tank out of?

And thats it really. Thanks in advance for any help here.

[Brett Barrow]

84 views no response, perhaps I should be more specific.

can anyone help with the following questions?

1. What is the two part putty used for his mold when metal casting?

2. What is the metal he uses?

3. What material does he carve the gas tank out of?

And thats it really. Thanks in advance for any help here.

I'm sorry, I've only popped in a couple of times the last few days, I didn't notice anyone responded.

#1 - I think that's Silicone Putty, which you can sometimes find at craft stores, folks even use it for making candy molds - http://www.clayalley.com/goop.htm - someone says in the comments it's like Green Stuff or Duro, but I don't think so. Silicone Putty is much different.

#2 - The metal looks like plain ol' white metal, you could use metal gaming figures if you can't find it in raw form, maybe you know someone into Warhammer or 40K or that kind of stuff who might have some spares.

#3 - I can't tell exactly what that material is, it looks like wood, but it doesn't appear to have a grain. It could be some type of engineering material like Renshape, or just some very finely grained Japanese version of basswood.

Edited July 24, 2010 by Brett Barrow

[my80malibu]

This is a really good look at how this builder does his work. I get fustrated sometimes at how the videos are put togethter. and I wish I understood the language or if it had subtitles it would be more helpful. But I guess thats just how it goes, I am sure he could'nt understand me either. I am also curious about those Materials, Being used I thought the putty might be the milliput, brand putty as it is advertised to do what he was showing when He formed those casting molds.

[Foxer]

I really like his hinges, but I'm still working through these.

As far as I see, he uses solder to cast the metal parts. If it looks like solder, ... I searched the text off the material's packaging and Hakko seems to deal only with soldering equipment.

[Tradeshowjoe]

interesting. I used "mighty Putty" to make a mold of a hubcap. Then I treid to melt solder into it. Didn't work well. I have to think that the white metal thory is most likely right. I can't believe we don't have any Japanese speaking members here. Perhaps Greg could help us as he lives in HI where there is a large Japanese speaking population.

[Brett Barrow]

I really like his hinges, but I'm still working through these.

As far as I see, he uses solder to cast the metal parts. If it looks like solder, ... I searched the text off the material's packaging and Hakko seems to deal only with soldering equipment.

It could be solder, but lots of solder has a higher melting point than white metal (~270-300°F), so maybe it's low-temp?

[Brett Barrow]

thanks for sharing Brett. Great stuff. Speak Japanese? I'm curious about some of the materials he uses in the video.

Don't speak Japanese, but I'm learning to read it. I went back to the videos and translated some of the text(I should have done that in the first place instead of guessing )

I really like his hinges, but I'm still working through these.

As far as I see, he uses solder to cast the metal parts. If it looks like solder, ... I searched the text off the material's packaging and Hakko seems to deal only with soldering equipment.

yep it's solder

ステンドグラス用 - sutendogurasuyō - for use with stained glass

糸ハンダ - ito handa - "thread" solder - don't know what "thread solder" is exactly, but ハンダ - handa - definitely means solder, maybe thread means it's straight, not on a roll?

The second line of text on the tubs is シリコーンゴム - shirikōngomu - silicone rubber, so some sort of thick silicone putty is exactly what it is.

And as for the material the tank is carved from -

The second line is ケミカルウッド - kemikaru - chemical, uddo - wood, so "chemical wood" which is some sort of processed wood and resin product, DenaBlock was one brand name that came up http://www.tagiya.co.jp/customer/denablock.htm

It's definitely the same type of engineered carving material as Ren-shape or BalsaFoam.