SimonT - 1/35th Tamiya T62 (well worn)

[JR]

Yes Simon wide awake up at 0300 so up kettle on , tea then back to bed and did the forum, U tube and Kindle . No doubt I will sleep all afternoon.:nerd: .

Great result , suppose the wire for release helped as well .

Went back to bed at 1000 this morning , slept until 1600 .Now confused to A what day it is B what time is it . C shall I sleep to night ! .

[Jim R]

Morning Simon
Certainly looks successful with the fresh resin.
Jim

[Richard48]

Well done Simon.Really turned out well second time.Im impressed,
Good on ya.
Richard.

[scottie3158]

A black art indeed well done mate.

[Mini Me]

Mr. T, if I may, a little mould release agent might go a long way in breaking the grip of the mould and save you a little sweat in the process, not to mention possible damage to the mould and or the part you are casting. Just a thought:thinking:
Rick H.

[Steven000]

Nice work on the resin-castings Simon, wish I could do things like that too, so many possibilities! Have fun, Steven

[Guest]

I’m rather intrigued to see if the mould rubber has worked ok- it’s like a modelling soap opera! :nerd:

Been watching far too much daytime tv - get a grip...

[Guest]

Morning folks - mixed news on the moulding front

the fuel tank master released from the mould without problem and looks like it will cast ok

the rubber for the turret has cured and appears to be ok

it appears though that I pushed the depth of the cupola wells too far - something i did wonder about when pouring the rubber but by then it was a little late of course

due to them being a bit deep i can not get them to release from the turret master so currently the master is stuck inside a large blue rubber block - what little I can see indicates that it has moulded well though :thinking:


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well, using a bit more brute force and a pair of pliers I have finally managed to remove the master from the rubber block

slight damage to the master turret but fixable if I need to make another mould

I think I shall have to reduce the depth of the figure bins before trying a casting by slicing some of the rubber off the mould[/COLOR]

Hi Simon,
I was going to suggest cuttin down the plug height for the cupolas, and then put the part you had cut off into the turret so reducing the depth of the plug. A good dose of release agent should help things along. As for the life of the rubber, I used some that I opened over a year ago and all went well, even though it had been in the shed all this time.
Cheers,
Mike.

[Guest]

Simon,
Well done on the turret, looks so much better than the original kit offering.
Mike.

[Graeme C.]

The second version looks much better Simon.

[SimonT]

Thank you one and all

The embedded armature wire helped a lot as it gave me something to pull on but I shall try some mould release as well next time


turret in place with a mock up of the barrel

[Steve Jones]

Four days off Mr T!! I expect this to be finished and primed by Tuesday! :smiling5: :smiling5: :thumb2:

[Neil Merryweather]

Great stuff, Simon, quite inspiring ! I love the Idea of casting plinths- it's a good way of not wasting excess resin( if you can pour it all before it goes off!) I suppose it could be built up over successive pours as well?

[SimonT]

Hi Neil,
they can be poured all in one go and once you know how much resin is needed there isn’t much waste

They can be built up as well - I have just poured another turret and used the small amount that was left to start another plinth

[Richard48]

Really great job Simon.Best i get a Tamiya 62 sometime.
Richard.