Stingray Terror fish Kit Build

[Mrs RCnut]

Hi To All

As some of you have seen before My Partner (RCnut) posted some pics of the terror fish I made, Well here are the pics of the Kit. I will be building this one as a static display but also doing one as a fully RC ed one so please bear with me.

Linda

[Subculture]

I don't wish to get 'bare' with you thank you very much!!

[Mrs RCnut]

Oops my mistake wrong bear have edited it now lol

[trout]

Look forward to the build! So, what you are showing us is, the parts that you made the molds of and cast? The head and body are hollow, was that done by slush casting it?
Peace and Cheers,
Tom

[RCnut]

Lol!!! I'll go Bare with you!!! Anytime looooool. Seriously tho, It and you have exeeded my expectations. Well done.

[RCnut]

Look forward to the build! So, what you are showing us is, the parts that you made the molds of and cast? The head and body are hollow, was that done by slush casting it?
Peace and Cheers,
Tom

Hey Tom

What you see are the contents of the kit.

The head was slush moulded with Fast cast poly resin then backed up with fibreglass matting to keep its strength, The back was done the conventional way, All the little bits are fast cast resin.

Live long and Prosper

[Mrs RCnut]

Well Here it is, Its probably no surprise to learn that RCnut put this together in a couple of hours (Thank you RC), This one will be filled (Spike bases etc) and painted for Static display. I will Get him to cast me another one to radio control.

[Subculture]

What prompted the use of PU resin on the head instead of the P38 filler and polyester resin mix.

[RCnut]

What prompted the use of PU resin on the head instead of the P38 filler and polyester resin mix.

As technical support on this project I will answer for Linda in this instance.

As you know when casting into silicone mould with a polyester based resin it will come out tacky, on a smooth subject this would be easy to fix by wet and drying the surface.
In the case of the Head it has the dimpled texture which would prove difficult to do this with. So I thought a thin PU layer with a backing of glass and Matt, Worked out a treat:biggrin:

Mamas (RCnut)

[Mrs RCnut]

Tweaked it a little bit today, Sanding a bit here, filling a bit there and its now in Primer waiting for the paint job, Hopefully tomorrow!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

How you going to propel this beast?

David

[Mrs RCnut]

Graupner mini jet is the current thinking because of its relatively small size and high output.

Linda

[Mrs RCnut]

Well here it is the finished Static Product, Paint is a work in progress, Now to RC it.

[RCSubGuy]

Just how big is this beastie? Its hard to tell scale from the photos, but I'm guessing at around 16" overall maybe?

[Mrs RCnut]

Just how big is this beastie? Its hard to tell scale from the photos, but I'm guessing at around 16" overall maybe?

From its mouth to the tip of its tail is 20"