Thread for Resin Casting Toy Parts

[admin1 aka Ed]

Please re-share the links & Pictures for resin casting parts.

Thank you!
Ed

[mayita]

I will provide the pictures later on today , but it will be hard to explain averything again

[xiombarg]

Here's a link to an awesome article on plastics over at the Zinc Panic site. The article also talks about resin and what the definition of resin is. Anyone who collects any kind of figures should find this interesting.

www.zincpanic.com/article/25252.html

[mayita]

WELL here you have some pictures

[mayita]

this is the item that will be recasted

[mayita]

we will start with 1 of the arms to do that we have to diasamble it

[mayita]

these are some of the materials that we will need :
mother molds (for bigger pieces)

[mayita]

molding clay

[mayita]

this is the resin that we will use

[mayita]

well getting back to how to recast this ALPHA FIGHTER here you have a picture of the alpha whiout the arm :

[mayita]

we will start placing cups or anything to make small molds over the clay (you could use lego blocks also )

[mayita]

This is how it will look with the pieces that we will recast inside

[mayita]

This is how the silicone rubber will look when you start mixing it

[mayita]

now is time to start pouring the silicone rubber into the small molds that we previously made

[mayita]

[mayita]

this is how 1 side of the mold will look after is cured :

[mayita]

This is how molds look like when they are finish

[mayita]

here you have some pictures of some of the molds needed for this project

[mayita]

[mayita]

we put some ball bearings so when the other part of the mold is ready it will be use a lock when we start pouring the resin