Post by Mastercaster on Mar 7, 2009 10:48:53 GMT -8
I plan to do a series of articles about my resin casting experience. Since Dale likes to call me the Master Caster and Dan is completely impressed with my Cosma Ray parts. I will attempt to share the so called THE GOOD,THE BAD and THE UGLY of my work. If you happen to be a visitor here. I have the Cosma Ray project hidden under 66 Mustang Wheels in the Parts wanted section, I think. Some of my Earlier posts are under toratora. Somehow that name died and Admin was unable to restore it. OH WELL! So, I just reversed it.
When I started to build models again in about 2005. I learned about resin casting from some club members and it was something that I wanted to do. Some club members were helpful. Some treat it like it is a huge secret. I have learned a lot on my own by doing. Jeff Watlington, the Time Machine Resin guy helped quite a bit too.
It is coincidental that I moved here from the Lafayette, Indiana area Where Art Anderson, probably one of the oldest and most famous people in resin casting is located. He Started ALL AMERICAN MODELS.
I grew up in Fountain County and would occasionally go to a store in Lafayette, Indiana called Webbers Hobby shop and buy models, paint, etc. Those were the days when this stuff could be bought just about anywhere, Woolworths, J.C. Penneys, Sears all had departments that sold models and toys then. HOT WHEELS WERE starting and hot too! Anyway, Webbers Hobby shop became the Model Maker in the mid 70's. Art had built models in show cases that were just amazing when he took over the store. Wiring, plumbing, keys in the ignition, Hot rods had pinstriped dashes and the numbers and letters on the radio dial and elsewhere were very legible. That kind of detail killed my model car building ambition. As a teen growing up pretty much alone on a small farm being the youngest of four boys without guidance to help achieve this detail, I was DONE! I burned a lot of them up with gas and firecrackers. I did keep quite a few of them in the original boxes with the build sheets too. I packed them around for several years. About 2004, I started Ebaying them all away seeing people were making pretty good money for an original built model. After selling them all I started to take a route to work that Went by a Hobby shop. One day I stopped in and darned if there wasn't a business card for a Model car Club. I called, went , joined and here I am today at the age of 51 building models,(at least thats what the club members call it when you have multiple unfinished projects) resin casting and more unbuilt kits than I originally started with.
When I started to build models again in about 2005. I learned about resin casting from some club members and it was something that I wanted to do. Some club members were helpful. Some treat it like it is a huge secret. I have learned a lot on my own by doing. Jeff Watlington, the Time Machine Resin guy helped quite a bit too.
It is coincidental that I moved here from the Lafayette, Indiana area Where Art Anderson, probably one of the oldest and most famous people in resin casting is located. He Started ALL AMERICAN MODELS.
I grew up in Fountain County and would occasionally go to a store in Lafayette, Indiana called Webbers Hobby shop and buy models, paint, etc. Those were the days when this stuff could be bought just about anywhere, Woolworths, J.C. Penneys, Sears all had departments that sold models and toys then. HOT WHEELS WERE starting and hot too! Anyway, Webbers Hobby shop became the Model Maker in the mid 70's. Art had built models in show cases that were just amazing when he took over the store. Wiring, plumbing, keys in the ignition, Hot rods had pinstriped dashes and the numbers and letters on the radio dial and elsewhere were very legible. That kind of detail killed my model car building ambition. As a teen growing up pretty much alone on a small farm being the youngest of four boys without guidance to help achieve this detail, I was DONE! I burned a lot of them up with gas and firecrackers. I did keep quite a few of them in the original boxes with the build sheets too. I packed them around for several years. About 2004, I started Ebaying them all away seeing people were making pretty good money for an original built model. After selling them all I started to take a route to work that Went by a Hobby shop. One day I stopped in and darned if there wasn't a business card for a Model car Club. I called, went , joined and here I am today at the age of 51 building models,(at least thats what the club members call it when you have multiple unfinished projects) resin casting and more unbuilt kits than I originally started with.