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After removal, the blocky mold was further supplemented (right) with a block covering the entire (similarly-accurized) bow, by standing the entire mold on end (not shown), to plunge into a small plastic ex-cole-slaw (or whatever) container, seen at far-right. This mold, then, can serve double-duty - though not both at the same time: to cast the desired hull-bottom when lying flat, and the upgraded bow, when stood on-end!
Thus - to retain a heavy "foot" to stand on, at the bow - further trimming to conform to the hull was limited essentially to the aft end:
Click on Image for FULL RES Seriously, no more pristene model could have made it through all of this without loosing most if not all the detail parts already stripped off of this model.)
There are some further (really cool) features designed into this mold - and some special procedure(s) to cast, using it - however I will have to think some more about whether these should be posted, for all to see...
Nor will the above casting be the next thing(s) to do: again, it's not a Matty's Models priority - and all the resin/casting stuff is all packed away in storage, anyway.
More likely (though I'm still thinking it over) will be - especially seeing as how this New Jersey model needs some cleanup and one or two minor repairs after the above ordeal, anyway - I'll just break out the required upgrade parts and proceed with the Black Dragon refit!
Cheers,
- Matty
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