Update time!
Well I've just poured the second part of the 3-part lower leg mould. I may pour the third part tonight so that it's all finished by the morning. I'm very anxious to see how this has turned out!
Also completed is the left railgun rotator end piece mould. It was done as a single split mould but I may do the other one as a two part mould for easier demoulding. Sure the split mould are quick and easy to do, but I do wonder about the effect of the extra stress put on them during demoulding.
Next to be moulded will probably be the weapons sprue (railgun, capacitors, burst cannon and rotator axle) and single miscellany (hatches and markerlight turret). At this stage I'll probably do both in two part moulds.
In the meantime I've been doing some priming. First up we have the 99.9% completed rear chassis. Note the final panel line that I agonised so much over. I think it's turned out quite nicely. It just needs some final cleanup sanding and she's ready to mould!
I've also been revisiting the pelvis of late. I've had to hold myself back from redoing big chunks of it like I did the lower leg - the aim now is just to get this thing finished! You can see here the rebuild rear - the antenna was replaced and the inset details rebuilt using koto bits:
I've also rebuilt the side areas. The details that were supposed to represent locking clamps were
especially poor, so I hacked them off and built some inset details. Admittedly they still don't look much like locking clamp points but they at least look kind of cool. It will need some light panel lining around there before it's finished.
Well that's all I've got for today. More updates will come when I've got some casts to show from the new moulds.
Oh yeah I can make that....