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don_jarr · 12-09-2007

Hi all

The few bits I ordered arrived promptly, and I was happy with them. While the effort he puts into making the parts in the first place is top notch, without sounding nasty, some of the moulds need more thought putting into them to get a more user friendly end product. Moulding is not just stick something to a board, build a box round it and pour on silicon, with careful thought a mould can be made in such a way as to let all the air out as the resin is poured in. The fire extinguisher for instance was cast in halves, where it could have been cast the main cylinder in a one piece mould, and the handle and hose in a separate two piece mould. The other thing was the oil drum which had a hole in the bottom, and I wanted to lay it down, so it needed a top and bottom. However it seems most oil drums have a hole in one end so that’s me being fussy, nothing to do with him. (I got round that by making my own.)

All said and done, if you don’t mind a bit of assembly this is the guy to go for. Quick turnaround, and a nice packaging touch to.

Don

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don_jarr Scale Model Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Essex My Models: I never throw anything away. Visit don_jarr's Gallery Posts: 64 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 9	Hi all The few bits I ordered arrived promptly, and I was happy with them. While the effort he puts into making the parts in the first place is top notch, without sounding nasty, some of the moulds need more thought putting into them to get a more user friendly end product. Moulding is not just stick something to a board, build a box round it and pour on silicon, with careful thought a mould can be made in such a way as to let all the air out as the resin is poured in. The fire extinguisher for instance was cast in halves, where it could have been cast the main cylinder in a one piece mould, and the handle and hose in a separate two piece mould. The other thing was the oil drum which had a hole in the bottom, and I wanted to lay it down, so it needed a top and bottom. However it seems most oil drums have a hole in one end so that’s me being fussy, nothing to do with him. (I got round that by making my own.) All said and done, if you don’t mind a bit of assembly this is the guy to go for. Quick turnaround, and a nice packaging touch to. Don