Things are happening / casting Race? 1/16 scale remastered

[Starryeyes]

Top Secret pictures … Production underway of the 1:16 ‘RACE?’ Kit .. more hours of prep than I care to mention and a lengthy process .. I’m starting to see a little reward time and cost spent ..







4 sided dice roller

[TooOld]

WOW! That's a lot of parts !!

[Starryeyes]

Aug 23, 2023 15:28:05 GMT -5 TooOld said:

WOW! That's a lot of parts !!

Sure is Bob ..and the hits just keep coming …lol.. not for the faint of heart 😂

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[Jim Richards]

Gee Chuck, what a pile of...good stuff!
I am impressed you are casting, the humidity here has shut me down. It really affects my resin.
I just made 18 new molds before the monsoon hit, that I hadn't got to use yet.
Luckily I was able to cast over a hundred parts before the monsoon



And two complete 1/32 Willys kits



Sorry bout the hijack
Your stuff is really lookin good, and I know the work involved.

Jim

[Starryeyes]

Aug 24, 2023 4:29:05 GMT -5 Jim Richards said:

Gee Chuck, what a pile of...good stuff!
I am impressed you are casting, the humidity here has shut me down. It really affects my resin.
I just made 18 new molds before the monsoon hit, that I hadn't got to use yet.
Luckily I was able to cast over a hundred parts before the monsoon



And two complete 1/32 Willys kits



Sorry bout the hijack
Your stuff is really lookin good, and I know the work involved.

Jim

Oh !! Oh !! The Willys is the coolest .. I remember those little flatbox kits !! Yep pressure , humidity , temps are crazy .. here’s another (seconds) I did a 48 Chevy Cab and a 38 Bantam Panel .. post away Jim !!

[Starryeyes]

Years ago a good friend in Oklahoma was wanting rear dual tires for his Pyro Laramie Stage Ghost .. this was before I built mine … the 2-pc kit tires were a nightmare and because of the material hard to keep joined .. in sanded the joining halves and epoxies them .. the mold wasn’t the prettiest but it sufficed long enough to cast a few sets .. fast forward 10-15 years when I built mine I remembered casting the duals so I went digging and found a pair in my stash. It was like a Christmas Miracle !!! 🎄🎁🎄 … here’s a few pics I found of them in my archives ..

[Starryeyes]

Over 1200 pieces are finished .. 30 limited kits , 40 parts per kit .. waiting on boxes from Uline .. once the boxes arrive I will sort and inventory each kit .. then finally a release date soon! Man what a process this was !!

[dealsfan]

That's a lot of work chuck very nice castings. I can appreciate all the effort this took to complete. I just wanted to acknowledge your effort. Thanks for sharing

[Starryeyes]

Aug 28, 2023 8:27:29 GMT -5 dealsfan said:

That's a lot of work chuck very nice castings. I can appreciate all the effort this took to complete. I just wanted to acknowledge your effort. Thanks for sharing

Thank you Jose ! This was a joint effort of a good friend in the field and myself .. a considerable amount of travel we necessary along with collaboration of streamlining and smoothing the (40) parts making it more builder friendly while adding a little more detail in certain areas .. Let us not forget the Pitre family for allowing this project to transpire in memory of the original creator Gerry Pitre ..