This one, I still don't know

[Rafael]

Ok, Gents. This is it: I want to make moulds for some castings I dream of...

The thing is, in my country, Venezuela, nobody knows about a liquid silicone rubber RTV compund in 1 or 2 or n parts.....

I asked a couple Artists, and all they know is about moulding in plaster....

I can find 2 parts resin almost everywhere, but the only popularly known application is in the auto body repair with horrible fiberglass-resin patches... not much chance for moulding there, anyway....

I ask, then, what other media could be safely used to mould an assembled/dissasembled model to finally cast parts or entire fuselages?

All references, Internet Sites, and advice is greatly appreciated.

Thank U All

Rafa

[Aircav]

you could try here
http://www.tiranti.co.uk/
Hope its of some help
All the best
Steve

[cthulhu77]

Here are some good sites to start with:

http://www.hirstarts.com/moldmake/moldmaki...g.html#silicone

http://www.fxsupply.com/mold_cast/mold_cast.html

http://www.gremlins.com/denis_bohm/mold_cast.html

   You can buy supplies from Micromark, SmallParts, and a bunch of other places...I am sure they ship to Venezuela.

[John Howling Mouse]

Here's another how-to link:

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/tnt1...ouse/tnt145.htm

Most of my molding supplies come from "Smooth-On" who ship all over the world and they have some very good instructional sections on their site for casters at every possible skill level:

http://www.smooth-on.com/