How to resin cast body

[M-Tuning]

Maybe I will resin cast my Golf 4:



But i don't know how to do it, does anybody have a good how-to for me?

[Jay!]

This is the basic steps, on a much smaller scale:

http://www.alumilite.com/index.php?p...ype=HOWS&id=51

You have to crafty about the parts that "tuck under" like the bottoms of the bumpers and doors, or your piece will be stuck in the mold.

edit: this is better for 1/24 scale:
http://www.alumilite.com/index.php?p...ype=HOWS&id=58

[MPWR]

You're looking at a huge amount of effort and a rather significant amount of expense- especially if you've never done casting before. Casting bodies can be done, but it is absolutely not where you start. It would probably be easier, cheaper, and more time efficient and less frustrating to modify two more of those bodies just like you've done than to try to cast one.

If you know someone who's willing to do it and really able to do a good job, great- let them do it and reimburse them for what their effort and materials are worth. If you're thinking of doing it, you have a good deal of learning to do on simpler parts first.

[NOMADGAMER]

or in other words, how much would you charge for the conversion if someone supplied you with an mkiv 4dr body?

[MidMazar]

[quote=MPWR]You're looking at a huge amount of effort and a rather significant amount of expense- especially if you've never done casting before. Casting bodies can be done, but it is absolutely not where you start. It would probably be easier, cheaper, and more time efficient and less frustrating to modify two more of those bodies just like you've done than to try to cast one.
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But wil, that mkIV is OOP. So it will be worth it even after some failed attempts. I really wanna do the same except with a revell corrado.

[hirofkd]

I strongly suggest that you separate the front bumper/grill and rear bumper from the body, and cast them separately. That way, you'll learn the basics of resin casting, and also solves the problem of dealing with the "tucked-under" areas. Once you separate the bumpers from the body, you can either use a one-piece mold or two-piece mold to cast the body.

One-piece mold (a female mold that only covers the exterior) is easy to make, and uses less mold material, but takes longer to make a complete body shell. It's ideal for making only a few copies.

Two-piece mold requires careful planning, but will let you cast the entire body all at once, so it'll takes less time to produce many copies.