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Small update:

These are all cast pieces from the molds.
The shells are fiberglass backed gel-coat.
The attachments are cast in Feather Lite resin and are very light. Pieces with hose attachments have metal armatures for strength and support.
The missiles are Hyper-Firm. Thanks to the kindness of Slavefive and Postmortem, I now have the missile mold and can offer it with the gauntlets.

I've gone through about 3 test pulls of cold-cast and it looks like I finally got the correct aluminum/resin/catalyst ratio down. There is a significant improvement in the cold-cast finish produced by the aluminum from the U.K. source. What's funny is that the shipping expenses from the U.K. cost me double what the aluminum powder itself cost. The cold weather is not helping at all with the test pulls, but I'll keep trying and should be able to offer cold-cast versions after it starts to heat up a bit outside.

For now, I'm going to offer the gel-coated version to meet any immediate needs members may have. I'll start a run thread soon with the specifics/kit options.

Thanks,
Cruzer

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<blockquote data-quote="Cruzer" data-source="post: 145215" data-attributes="member: 496">Small update:These are all cast pieces from the molds. The shells are fiberglass backed gel-coat. The attachments are cast in Feather Lite resin and are very light. Pieces with hose attachments have metal armatures for strength and support.The missiles are Hyper-Firm. Thanks to the kindness of Slavefive and Postmortem, I now have the missile mold and can offer it with the gauntlets.I&#039;ve gone through about 3 test pulls of cold-cast and it looks like I finally got the correct aluminum/resin/catalyst ratio down. There is a significant improvement in the cold-cast finish produced by the aluminum from the U.K. source. What&#039;s funny is that the shipping expenses from the U.K. cost me double what the aluminum powder itself cost.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":lol:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:"&nbsp; data-smilie="23"data-shortname=":lol:" /> The cold weather is not helping at all with the test pulls, but I&#039;ll keep trying and should be able to offer cold-cast versions after it starts to heat up a bit outside. For now, I&#039;m going to offer the gel-coated version to meet any immediate needs members may have. I&#039;ll start a run thread soon with the specifics/kit options.Thanks,Cruzer[ATTACH=full]10270[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]10271[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]10272[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]10273[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]10274[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cruzer, post: 145215, member: 496"] Small update: These are all cast pieces from the molds. The shells are fiberglass backed gel-coat. The attachments are cast in Feather Lite resin and are very light. Pieces with hose attachments have metal armatures for strength and support. The missiles are Hyper-Firm. Thanks to the kindness of [B]Slavefive [/B]and [B]Postmortem[/B], I now have the missile mold and can offer it with the gauntlets. I've gone through about 3 test pulls of cold-cast and it looks like I finally got the correct aluminum/resin/catalyst ratio down. There is a significant improvement in the cold-cast finish produced by the aluminum from the U.K. source. What's funny is that the shipping expenses from the U.K. cost me double what the aluminum powder itself cost.:lol: The cold weather is not helping at all with the test pulls, but I'll keep trying and should be able to offer cold-cast versions after it starts to heat up a bit outside. For now, I'm going to offer the gel-coated version to meet any immediate needs members may have. I'll start a run thread soon with the specifics/kit options. Thanks, Cruzer [ATTACH=full]10270[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10271[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10272[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10273[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10274[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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