Saturday, July 11, 2009

A Re-cast Special!!

Since I could not get my hands on Daiso's mouldable rubber(2-pc type), I decided to try out recasting using Bondite epoxy putty. This being my first time doing recasting I'm pretty happy with the results.

Here's a picture of the mould:
From Academy 1/72 F-15C


Casting casting(This whole thing feels heavy!):
From Academy 1/72 F-15C


Results:
From Academy 1/72 F-15C


Looks a bit oblong:
From Academy 1/72 F-15C


Lessons learnt:
Must open a hole for the excess epoxy putty to be squeezed out. This time my re-casted fuel tanks are slightly out of shape due to too much putty and the mould was not able to close fully.

No comments: