Well guys I am kinda stumped… I have tried to cast this in one piece, which came out of the mold fine. However it did not pick up the bolt details like I want. Shawn mentioned that I could add the details later, that would be ok to do. probably look better also. Now I really wanted to cast the side frames and add the bolster fastening it with screws to each end… (small ones )…I built another one tonite using this method. It came out okay but still isn’t as rigid as I like. So now what?.. I need some ideas… I also need to get around the axle end just riding inside the stryrene or resin cast hole for the end of the axle. In due time this will wear out and be useless. So I need to come up with a insert of some sort to act as a bearing… Was thinking of maybe a piece of copper tubing?. Or a large pop rivet end?. I am not giving up on this. I really want some 1860’s wood beam trucks for my Civil War cars to look period …
For those of you who made trucks before, maybe you can Share some ideas… ( Devon LOL) … I know this is possible to make and capable of doing it. Just want to be able to cast them instead of building individually out of stryrene… 1. for durability and 2. I need a bunch of them and a couple of other people I would like to make them for their stuff when they et going with the Civil War train project… I think a mold made of metal would be awesome . but it would take a lot of work to do that…What about a two part mold?. I haven’t made one yet, but would love to try it… Maybe it would make this project easier. Well enough chewing on you ears… Let me know what you guys think I could do to improve on my project. You are all a lot of help thanks!..I will post some pics of the three variations I have made so far and a description of em… Thanks again …