Casting Update
Some success finally. I used model metal, heated the mould and didn't clamp as tight. Started getting successful casts for the rammer, but will re-visit venting to improve on this rate.
The Napoleonic Wars (1803-15) were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly owing to the application of modern mass conscription. French power rose quickly as Napoleon's armies conquered much of Europe but collapsed rapidly after France's disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat resulting in the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France.
This product has a mould that can cast multiple 25mm scale metal soldiers. This is a black vulcanised rubber two part gravity cast mould that can take temperatures up to 400 degrees Celsius.
Some success finally. I used model metal, heated the mould and didn't clamp as tight. Started getting successful casts for the rammer, but will re-visit venting to improve on this rate.
I recently bought this mould (and PA521) and have just used it. While the man holding the cannon ball comes out fully cast each time, the man with the rammer only works about 50% of the time. I have tried venting, more tin, hotter and colder metal, but the rammer itself doesn't fully form along the shaft. Otherwise, a very crisp detailed cast of the man is formed, so I will keep trying.
An epic film...enjoy!
An epic film...
An epic film...
An epic film!
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