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Anyone have a good resource for how to make resin molds? I'm thinking of making copy's of a couple objective markers that I've made and might try to sell. Nothing fancy.

You're not allowed to copy someone's work and republish and sell it.

As said above you can't copy people's work without permission. It's different, obviously, if the masters are entirely your own work.

Here is an article on making a two piece mould.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Simple_Two-Piece_Mold_for_Casting_with_Resin

I've had great success using the 1:1 type heat cure resins myself. No weighing required & if you cool them before & after mixing you can increase the working time.

On a side note... I feel it adds nothing to a thread if someone's entire response is "you can't copy someone else's work". Maybe non mods should mind their own & stop trying to be a culture of cop callers in this country.

I'm not copying anyone's stuff. Settle down beavis. It's something I made.

Red- thanks. Is this something that I can get at Michaels?

Raven911 wrote:
I'm not copying anyone's stuff. Settle down beavis. It's something I made.

Red- thanks. Is this something that I can get at Michaels?

From my experiences no. Unless your Michael's had things mine doesn't.

I buy smooth on products off Amazon. The starter kits are a great jumping off point. I've cast tank track assemblies, custom ODSTs, and various other 1 & 2 part molds.

I'll second the smooth on products. I usually pick it up from www.dickblick.com

The starter kit of smooth cast 300 has the silicon for the molds, and the resin for under $50 usd

I seem to remember reading about using RTV to make molds, any experience with that? I'm on a really limited budget