RE: Hover Tank update

On Thu, 16 May 2002, Jeremy Sadler wrote:

> Good God man, get that thing cast now so we can ALL have one! :)
>
> (Very nice!)
>
> JS

About that casting stuff, I would really REALLY like to try to cast this
thing and make copies, mostly because I don't have time to make another
one the hard way for myself and if anyone else wanted to actually buy
one
from me that would be cool too ;).

But I've never done resin casting before.  I've read a few articles on
the
web, but I'm still kind of nervous.  To those with experience casting
bigger stuff like this, is it possible to cast this thing the way I've
got
it built?  The last picture shows it broken down into some of the parts,
the main gun and the minigun can also be pulled out of their sockets. 
I'm
figuring I wouldn't try to make a casting with all the moving parts like
hatches and the vectored thrusters or gun elevation.  Maybe after I get
some practive I could try to make the advanced version.

Should I try to make the main body one brick of resin like the bigger
GZG
stuff I've seen, or break it down more like a model kit or DLD's Kamodo.
The first option seems easier, but would take more resin to fill the
volume.  I was thinking I could do the main body as two one piece molds,
one for the top surface and one for the bottom to be glued together
(this
is how the one GZG resin vehicle I have is done.)

Also, any advice on what supplies for the resin and rubber I should use?
I've seen that two companies, Smooth-On and Ace, sell starter kits for
about $30.

Thanks for all help,