RE: Figure Casting Question

Check out Tapp plastic or Micromark. I've used the Tapp 1-1 it sets in
about 3 
minutes (depending on temperature and humidity).  Sounds like this would
m work 
for you.  The Tapp mold making material needs to set for @ a week, but
it is 
also a 1-1 mixture.  I have trench lines and such that I made in clay. 
Next in 
line are some castle wall sections.

Michael Brown

-----Original Message-----
From:	Allan Goodall
Sent:	Thursday, April 17, 2003 8:10 AM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	Re: Figure Casting Question

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 09:07:27 -0500, devans@nebraska.edu wrote:

>Are these flat across the bottom? With separate turrets on the tank? My
>memory is fuzzy on these...

These are really nice models, though the tank is better than the APC.
The tank
is a four part model. The main hull is actually an anti-grav raft (I
remember
that they sold this portion separately). It has nice gradual slopes. The
inside is cut out in a rectangle with some floorboard detail. The bottom
of
the raft isn't flat on the bottom, it has some detail (two big disk-like
things representing anti-grav drives, I'd imagine).

The second piece is a part that fit on the raft's opening and has a ring
for
the turret to sit on. The turret is the third piece. Like the hull it is
very
smooth with not a lot of detail work on it (but very cool looking in
spite of
this). The fourth piece is the gun, which fits into the forward notch on
the
turret.

The APC is different. It came in six pieces. It's long and boxy looking.
The
hull is in two parts that you glue together. There are two doors, one
for each
side of the hull, a gun for the front of the vehicle and a small
turreted gun
for the top. Again, lots of gradual slopes, not a lot of detail.

>However, if I'm right, these are the kind of things fairly easily done
with
>resin: nice gradual slope, thin on top, wider on the bottom. You aren't
>that concerned with detail on the underside, right?

Correct. There is some detail on the underside, but you never see it
when
playing the game. It should work well with resin. I have seen resin for
sale
in Michael's and Hobby Lobby. Would this stuff work for making models?

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