Ello,
Well guys, this molding thingy is bloomin smashing ;D
I cannot recommend it enough
Your basic, flat sided molds are fairly easy, the hardest part, for me, is mixing the stuff without making a tremendous mess and getting silicon all over me and everywhere.
The next step is with clay and do one of those two piece jobbies, don't need to right now but its in my future for sure.
Thank you for stopping by, and especially to those kind geezers who left a comment.
So, whats been happening in GagsterLand Studios
Made the other engine parts I had made silicon molds of,
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Realised that the dome in solid plastic might be a bit heavy, so I tried to reduce this by putting a cut in the back to hollow it out a bit
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Both came out ok, but the dome is still to heavy
But i have a plan........ 
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Set about cleaning up my internal bits
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Stuck a ring on the bottom to define the surface and give an accurate circle to cut to
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Assembled Tom, Dick, and Harry
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Rough cut the internal cup to length
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Stacked everything up to get an idea on size, can is for scale............Gulp.
This is going to be huge
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Decided to focus on one engine for a while so i could get a bit of a flow going and feel like i was making progress
Started to sheet out the main nozzel with 1mm (0.0394") styrene sheet
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Filled it
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Sand and primer
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Glued the first top ring elements on, filled
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And sanded
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After prooving the shape in card marked out,
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Rough cut
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Finished
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and fitted the sides of the four main pillars
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Stuck a top on the whole thing and gave it a clean up
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Put a little radiused section to tidy the bottom up
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And thats it so far
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Everything is progressing as i have forseen
Next time,
3 more like that please
Slush cast the dome?
Stay tuned
Keep 'um' peeled
Gag
