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These are examples of modern molds used for homecasting.
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Old style 3-cavity toy soldier mold. It must be placed on a flat metal surface to cast, since its bottom is open. Figures have already had the "mold cone" removed from their heads. |
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Single cavity mold. This also has an open bottom. |
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German Meisterzinn molds. It is enclosed. Mold cones have been cut off figures. The handles are a plastic that does not resist heat. They are prone to warp and eventually fall off. It is designed and made in Germany. |
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Modern silicon mold of knight |
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Vulcanized rubber molds from an Irish company, Prince August. Shown are a mold of heads and a flat horseman. There is also a mold of headless soldiers. Did someone forget the heads? These molds are made in County Cork in Ireland. (They would not forget the heads in Dublin or Donegal.) |
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Vulcanized rubber from German company "Schildkrot". |
Mold Output
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Civil War figures from REB molds. We have already cut off mold cone from the bottom. |
Civil War Bugler - fresh cast and primed figure |
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Knight on upper right has been trimmed. The only thing done to the others is snipping the mold cone. On the one in the upper left, the cone was on the head. He was from a three-cavity metal mold All other had theirs on the base. They were from silicon molds. |
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Figures from a Meisterzinn two-cavity metal mold. The mold cones have been trimmed away. The exception is the knight from upper left, from a three-cavity American metal mold. |
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Napoleonic figures from single -cavity American molds. Flash is conspicuous. Mold cones have been trimmed from heads. |
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Revolutionary War figures from single-cavity metal molds. They have plenty of flash. Mold cones have been trimmed from heads. |
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Paratroopers from three-cavity metal mold. Mold cones are trimmed 1/8 to 1/16 inch from top of head, with remnants to be filed away later. These have plenty of flash. |
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