fedebat wrote:Hi, It's a great job indeed!
Few thing I dind't get
1) Why didn't you molded with resin an entire connected body, instead redo the old metal body and the roof separately?
2) Maybe the first is cause of the second. I don't get the silicone process, I mean, If I do a silicone mold of the plasticine mold I'm not going to have "positive" part of the car not "negative"? I mean, it's not possible to resin the plasticine and then took it off?
It's not a criticism, I'm asking it because I'm going to do your same job for an old Fiat model that I need to be repaired so, I'm curious about all the process, plus I want to do molds for my proton pack, cause my paper model is going to pieces (not the body, but the gun is!) and I'm afraid to use more resin that it deserve!
Thank you
Wel, well, It seems that I need to check this project again...
For you addicts, I have good news, the weather is finally turning better... As the proadcasts are 'always' correct, there should be a warm weekend ahead... Might do some grills on the caddy and give it the top coat we all have been waiting for...
As for the status of this project, I put it on hold to get it done properly, as the weather was so bad. I do my painting outside, and it certainly does not help to have snow falling on your paint... That, and the fact that I am multitasking again, a thing that is never good...
The Containment Unit project (also resuming come next weekend), a little Movie/RGB hybrid proton pack for starters on the Ghostbusters scene, and Boba Fett, Tusken Raider on the Star Wars scene.... Oh a little Boba Eeyore project on the side dish also.... All that, with work, and life... No, I do not get freetime all that much...
As to answer your questions, as far as I understand them;
1. I needed to make the metal body and roof to accomodate the new measurements on the conversion process for the Eldorado Biarriz into a Ecto - 1.
I could have made a mould of the whole car, and cast that in resin, but that would have been VERY expensive. The die cast chassis of the Biarriz model is contoured to fit the floor and engine room, with all doors, hood and trunc opening as they should. Inorder to make a resin cast from that, I would have needed to make several multipart molds, and, to be honest, it is cheaper to buy the car in metal than make it in resin... And no, selling kits from where I live is not really an option with our postal costs. It would cost nearly a hundred euro's for a car kit in resin, from Finland to international buyers, without the price of the materials. I actually IS cheaper to fly with a packet to another nearby country, rather than use the post...
2. The process of silicone molding is expensive, for a model this size. The Ecto 1 chassis is 53cm long in 1/12 scale, and that would mean that you'd need some ten litres of silicone for this. Easily going towards the sky with the price of silicone...
Also, you need support jackets for the mold, preferably fiberglass, NOT plaster bandages, as my disaster showed, and workspace..
As I am not in the market of selling kits of this model due to the shipping costs, it is cheaper and easier for me to do the car with as much original items in it. The resin would have cut down considerable amount of weight, but I rather like the fact that this model has some weight for it...
Cheers!