It would be interesting to find out how many members use a Translator?
So yes please let me know.
This LEGO set up will help create an open topped rubber mould.
BELOW A TWO PART MOULD
The Pattern is installed in the Square LEGO BOX with the intension to make an odd-side that requires no jointing by hand or tool.
Plaster of Paris will be poured and gravity will lend a hand.
Earlier cast Inca Indians with feather headdress.
The Plaster of Paris was poured in and the table was tapped with my fist and because my table is level the plaster found its own level too. Twisting my butter knife formed the guide holes.
With the LEGO BRICKS now stacked up again to form the required box depth.. The column she stands upon will create the open ended pouring point in the rubber mix.
The smaller mould is made and the larger one half made.
The Lion head Pattern popped easily out.
The odd-side after removing LEGO Bricks.
Rubber pealed away. The Pattern being still embedded in the odd-side.
It was easy to remove.
The Pattern was then replaced into the rubber half again.
The bricks were replaced and extended upwards to form the box for the second half of the mould.
The guide pins will make sure this mould will open and close perfectly every time it is used.
Baby Oil provides the separation level of this two part mould.
"all is now made ready for moulding the top half."
" Can Resin be poured into your rubber Moulds BB? Because I need another horse made."
" Yes it sure can."
The mould has been filled.
Price wise my make do it your self mixture came in at around £2.50
"£1.99 for a tube of Silicone Marine Grade and 50 Pence for the combination of Cornflour, ( Starch ) and Baby Oil."
" I`ll just enter that in the journal."
" Does that include the Figures and Lego bricks?"
"Only if you have a magic wand."
"Eh?"
" perhaps bb, might get you one?"
" Not before he gets me an Orse!"
" I just found this rather large H."
" Really,Where did it come from?"
" Off me Orse of course."
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The mould is finished and the Pattern has been removed. After a soak in hot soapy water it will be free of baby oil.
With the odd-side still fully intact, returning the Pattern means another mould could be quickly made. However in my skinflint case i`ll make do with just one.
Dress makers pin to reinforce the thinnest part of this tiny figure.
The moulds are cast up.
The first samples cast came out easily from the moulds without flash which was good , so no major problems. There are a few airholes in the samples so it is just a matter of finding out how best to use these moulds. Practice will improve the castings.
Solution bumping the moulds lightly onto my table top when filled.
This action also makes sure all the tiniest parts of the statue are filled.
More pictures soon. BB