I decided to order a small amount of Brittania metal from Rotocast metals to do some metal casting, so  here’s five pounds of ingots to stockpile for now:I need to order another 5-10# worth yet. The brittania metal is 98% pure tin, the remaining 2% is comprised of antimony and copper, they were just about $100 for the five ingots, a tad bit less than $20 a pound. So what am I going to make out of this? Way back in the early 1990s I experimented with a few dog models, most were cast by a foundry for me in bronze, but one I had decided to try casting in…

Now I have the Butterfly child panel sealed with lacquer and release brushed on it’s ready for the Rubber. The model is moist clay in the leather hard stage. The first detail coat of rubber has been applied to the model.