you can say its a WIP

i dont plan on selling these till i make enough of them for my own stash, now that i have a pressure pot i wont have to worry about bubbles or other problems associated with room temperature casting

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/1d414f83.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/f387d7e6.jpg

How does the pressure pot work? I am trying to get some parts made up, but bubbles SUCK!

I'm looking forward to this progress if for no other reason to get some tips on casting.

How does the pressure pot work? I am trying to get some parts made up, but bubbles SUCK!

I'm looking forward to this progress if for no other reason to get some tips on casting.
pressurizes the air out of the mold

i spent about 118$ on everything

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/73a71f00.jpg

Are those tires for the chiki chiki wheels?

Are those tires for the chiki chiki wheels?
yup i got a few sets of wheels but theyre lacking in the tire department i plan on making at least 4 molds

pressurizes the air out of the mold

i spent about 118$ on everything

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/73a71f00.jpg


Technically. Actually what it does is make the bubbles so small that they are no longer a factor

Probably a silly question, but are these made from resin or some sort of rubber?

Aoshima should shut down its regular production lines for a month and make nothing but stretchwalls :)

Probably a silly question, but are these made from resin or some sort of rubber?

Aoshima should shut down its regular production lines for a month and make nothing but stretchwalls :)
ill be using ReoFLex50 with black dye close as i can get. yeah i dont see why they didnt include this in the chikichiki wheel kits

So are these a larger diameter than the Kai parts? What's the difference between the chiki chiki stretchwalls and the Kai stretchwalls?

Put me on your waiting list, if you have one of those :)

So are these a larger diameter than the Kai parts? What's the difference between the chiki chiki stretchwalls and the Kai stretchwalls?
no the tires are larger than the kai and the angle of the strech is greater the kais kinda look like slotcar tires exept tapered

molds are complete

add me to the list as well

its gonna be a while it takes 16 hours to cure so i wont know if theyll turn out good or bad till then but i plan on making 4 molds of the chiki wheels and 2 molds
of the other tire

molds are toasted:crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:

what happened? forget to use mold release?

what happened? forget to use mold release?
no the dye had a negative reaction so only one half of the tire dried the top halves are clean so im gonna try again

well the BS didnt work i was recomended another product but its a lot harder to put the tires to a larger diameter wheel well see after tommorrow

Good to hear you're not giving up. Let us know the outcome!

Good to hear you're not giving up. Let us know the outcome!
bad again:shakehead

im gonna give it one more shot after that im just gonna scratch build them

focus, young grass hoppa

well that attempt paid off you guys will get a peek sometime this weekend

well good news the other stuff worked its generally supposed to have a 20 minute demold time but it took 3 hours. after all the frustration i finally saw a ray of hope. this is only half the mold and it was a old mold hence cuts in the tire it was painted with a marker so thats where the coloring is off. the dips in the tire were from the damage to the mold,a pin mark, and the fact it wasnt pressurized.

the good its flexible realistic and paintable

the bad its not gonna fit on anything bigger than a 15 i tore this sample trying :(

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/2f351b43.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/73e7541c.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/eb33225d.jpg

for a second i though the mold was bad were come to find out the front left tire is warped unfurtunately this will cause a big problem because the tires are directional :banghead: this is a setback but meh i plan on stocking these for my own amusement unless someone wants them despite the inaccuracy.

im done

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