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Ellie and I were 'production' guys; we employed materials and methods that balanced suitability of material to time taken to produce the product. Time is money. (Sometimes she would quip on the phone, to a casual caller: "We're busy making money here... keep it short!". The perfect gatekeeper).
The involved and tight geometry of sail and tail-cone made hollow-casting the production process of choice, though GRP layup would have rendered much stronger structures. Yes, I have on rare occasions done glass layup within resin casting tools, with success, but doing so with such deep draft and tight radius forms requires plenty of gel-coat, followed by light-weight glass, backed up with heavier weave glass -- all very time consuming, but producing exceptionally strong parts, but parts that take forever to produce.
D&E Miniatures started as a resin casting service -- we played to that strength throughout our run.
David
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