Model Making Photo Sequences

Metal Cold Casting With Urethane Resin "Cold-Casting" is a term used to describe the process of mixing metal powder with a translucent casting resin like Smooth-Cast® 325 and applying the mixture into a mold.  View Gallery »

Advanced Mold Making Technique: Block Mold of a Four Legged Animal Mold Max® 30 is used to pour a block mold with built in air vents. The Mold Max® 30 block mold is easily cut with an X-Acto blade along reference lines to release the original model.  View Gallery »

Creating a Glue Shim to Help Deal with a Difficult Original Model In this photo sequence, we demonstrate a strategy for dealing with a common type of pass-through. This advanced mold making technique involves creating a “glue shim” that eliminates the need to cut the rubber away from the voids in the original model.  View Gallery »

Rotocasting Resin for Lightweight and Impact Resistant Displays Smooth-Cast® 65D rotationally castable resin works flawlessly to deliver lightweight, economical castings on time.  View Gallery »

Casting Custom Scenery For a Model Railroad Reproducing custom scenic pieces is easy using OOMOO® silicone and Smooth-Cast® 320 resin.  View Gallery »

Recreating a 19th Century piece of American History Rebound®, 25 was used in molding a 19th century Long Rifle to make casts available for historical societies.   View Gallery »