This actually begs another casting question. I have several metal castings from an out of production kit I would like to get more of to scratch build a fleet of hoppers.
Anyone know of a source for someone to duplicate metal castings or even a good way to learn how to make my own castings if not prohibitively expensive or toxic? TIA Carey Carey Probst Member, M.I.T. Educational Council Perm: [email protected] A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. On 7/22/2010 3:40 PM, Rusty wrote: > > Roger and others. the reason that i sent the contacts is so you can > discover that all you need to do is send them the plastic parts out of > a kit and they will send you back brass parts. The cost is not that > great. (I will regret saying that) I have used the sprues in the PRS > kits as the final master and cast them in brass. I've cast the doors > and even cut the ends off of boxcars and cast them. The grey styrene > and the brown styrene left little ash in the cavity when cast and is > near impossible to see on the final part. > In a wild fit of bizarreness one time I cast up an AM F unit nose. The > idea was to make the rebuilt Milwaukee electric unit. it sort of > worked but the AM styrene is different that the PRS styrene and left a > lot of ash. that can be over come with a different technique but i > lost interest in building the locomotive so it is all sitting. > > Bob Stevenson in Ames, IA. Is a guy to talk too. > > Rusty Rustermier > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
