03-13-2011, 08:38 AM
SP1 Wrote:I am not so happy with the wooden one. I understand that you are shooting for maximum output with as little effort as possible - but I think the wooden dumpster came out a tad too crude. Do you have ever tried to cast something in resin? Those closed dumpsters would be an easy (one piece mold) resin casting project.
Casting parts is something that I really need to try. I just don't know anything about it, and have been too lazy to research it. :oops: Still, casting one's own parts is something that I consider to be quintessential model railroading, just like casting stuff in plaster or hydrocal. One of these days! On this dumpster, would you just cast the basic shape and add the styrene details as I did on the wood, or cast the whole thing? It would have to be a two or three part mold to do the entire thing, right?
Now, back to the dumpster in question, let me throw some more paint and a bit of weathering on it and we'll see how it looks.