Making a mold and casting a slot car body

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  • čas přidán 17. 11. 2021
  • In this video I use Smooth on Mold Star 20T and Smooth Cast 300 to re create a body to use for junk car races. I did this utilizing a 2 part smoosh mold technique.
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Komentáře • 49

  • @rubenowitzv.3135
    @rubenowitzv.3135 Před 6 měsíci

    Vintage styles are timeless ✨👍🏻

  • @urbuddyluddy5834
    @urbuddyluddy5834 Před 5 měsíci

    Very cool process. I learn something every video i watch. Keep at it.

  • @smoothon
    @smoothon Před 2 lety +2

    Great work! Castings came out really nice!

  • @FastSports-ScaleCarGarage

    Nice mold making and casting! Well done!

  • @miloradmedunic6202
    @miloradmedunic6202 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice work J. Awesome track layout!

    • @TheSlotSpot
      @TheSlotSpot  Před 2 lety

      Thanks Milo. I had a lot of fun building it. Keeps me busy.

  • @mikeyerke3920
    @mikeyerke3920 Před rokem

    I enjoyed that.
    Great track too! 🏁

  • @bigmike141
    @bigmike141 Před 2 lety

    This video helped me a lot doing a first time silicone mold. Thanks ao much!!!

  • @blueovalracing1582
    @blueovalracing1582 Před rokem

    Absolutely terrific video my friend I enjoyed after watching your video I have decided I'm going to attempt to make some of my own bodies for my HO slot cars

  • @jcsgaragejohnc.5027
    @jcsgaragejohnc.5027 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome video, Looks like a lot of work. TY for sharing

    • @TheSlotSpot
      @TheSlotSpot  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks!! Initially it is time consuming to make the mold but once you have the mold made up you can pop bodies out very quick. The next step would be to make a gang mold so you could pour multiple bodies with 1 pour but I’m not going down that road. 1 at a time is plenty for me.

  • @christophersmith7138
    @christophersmith7138 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank You for doing this! Very informative, you sure make it look easy.

    • @TheSlotSpot
      @TheSlotSpot  Před 2 lety

      No problem. I hope I can help spread some knowledge and get people creating.

  • @philfisher7137
    @philfisher7137 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice job! Looks great!

  • @huggybear9937
    @huggybear9937 Před 10 měsíci

    Nice job 👍👍

  • @craiglockridge8390
    @craiglockridge8390 Před rokem

    This is cool this time of me see something like this thank you for this video.

  • @MrLuridan
    @MrLuridan Před 2 lety

    Yeah, that was excellent!

  • @RobertSchildt-vt8yw
    @RobertSchildt-vt8yw Před 10 měsíci

    Really cool!

  • @kennethkuykendall7364

    This is a very good video. Great step by step instructions. How brittle are the bodies you make? When I was younger, we would shape some aluminum foil over our slot car bodies. We would carefully remove the foil, and sometimes paint them. We would attach them to the chassis with double stick tape. While we were racing them, the bodies would get some realistic dents in them. Occasionally, there would be some sparks if the aluminum contacted the track. Fun stuff.

  • @JacobStrobel-ds5gk
    @JacobStrobel-ds5gk Před rokem +1

    Great job

  • @user-sy3vv2qt8i
    @user-sy3vv2qt8i Před 7 měsíci

    Cool.God bless.

  • @theaussienurseflipper.8113
    @theaussienurseflipper.8113 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Nice, did U make windscreens too, cheers Graham

    • @TheSlotSpot
      @TheSlotSpot  Před 7 měsíci +1

      That’s just a piece of household window screen super glued in.

  • @ametsman
    @ametsman Před rokem

    What do you do for screw posts?

  • @cindyseymour1214
    @cindyseymour1214 Před 2 lety

    My husband really enjoyed your skill at making a mold for slot cars. Question for you, would you be interested in making molds for t-jets? If so, what would the cost be for each mold? Any chance you live in Florida?

    • @TheSlotSpot
      @TheSlotSpot  Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks. I live in PA. Between work and other hobbies I don’t really have time to make these on any regular basis. Check out big donkey resin he has resin body’s for t jets . They are not on his website but if you email him he will send you a list of bodies he offers .

    • @cindyseymour1214
      @cindyseymour1214 Před 2 lety

      @@TheSlotSpot Thank you for the reply and info.

    • @huggybear9937
      @huggybear9937 Před rokem

      I live in Daytona Beach Florida and there are a few guys who hang out at slot car City who may be able to make bodies for him

  • @JacobStrobel-ds5gk
    @JacobStrobel-ds5gk Před rokem

    Great work , what's the Name of the Silicon you used ? And resin thanks

    • @TheSlotSpot
      @TheSlotSpot  Před rokem

      Mold star 20T is what I used but any of the mold star series will work. The lower the number the softer the silicone. I used smooth cast 300 in this video but have since found out that smooth cast 321 is a little more durable for racing.

    • @JacobStrobel-ds5gk
      @JacobStrobel-ds5gk Před rokem

      Thank you

  • @mrmigo221
    @mrmigo221 Před 2 lety

    Hey man, great video, how dom you get the cast bubble free ? thanks

    • @TheSlotSpot
      @TheSlotSpot  Před 2 lety +1

      Smooth cast is a great product that don’t need vacuum. Just mix slow and don’t whip a bunch of air into it.

    • @mrmigo221
      @mrmigo221 Před 2 lety

      @The Slot Spot the problem is i live in Australia and i have been trying to get products from Smoth on for years but it has been impossible so i need to stick to Barnes here in Sydney, i was hoping i could get some advice regarding the technical aspects of the resin you use so i could maybe try to get something similar in here, thanks for replying man, i appreciate it 👍

    • @mrmigo221
      @mrmigo221 Před 2 lety

      @The Slot Spot i see there are different smoth cast options, which one is the one you use mate ?

    • @TheSlotSpot
      @TheSlotSpot  Před 2 lety

      @@mrmigo221 in this video I used 300 but have since switched to 320. Both will work great.

    • @mrmigo221
      @mrmigo221 Před 2 lety

      @The Slot Spot thanks very much for the advise man ,👍

  • @JacobStrobel-ds5gk
    @JacobStrobel-ds5gk Před rokem

    Hi how long did you wait , to poor the 2nd mold ? Is there a cure time in between ? Thanks

    • @TheSlotSpot
      @TheSlotSpot  Před rokem +1

      All depends on the product you use. There is typically a work time and a demold time. I think this specific product was around a 10 minute work time and a 2hr demold time but I would read the instruction sheet that comes with the product you use.

    • @JacobStrobel-ds5gk
      @JacobStrobel-ds5gk Před rokem

      I ment your second part of the mold , to poor it ,

  • @bestamerica
    @bestamerica Před rokem

    '
    no wonder how tamiya 1/32 mini car make from molding machine then motor to go

  • @ellisjames7192
    @ellisjames7192 Před 2 lety

    Track has too much clutter. Too distracting.

    • @richardmaidwell3492
      @richardmaidwell3492 Před 2 lety +1

      G man what do you want ? to learn or to worry about the guys room? get a life,if it wasnt for people like him we wouldnt learn jack,cant believe its only had 17 comments either,great video just what i was looking for.

    • @MrLuridan
      @MrLuridan Před 2 lety

      @@richardmaidwell3492 I know, right? Why would someone spread negativity like that?

    • @mikeyerke3920
      @mikeyerke3920 Před rokem

      @@MrLuridan There’s always one in the comment section. lol

    • @ametsman
      @ametsman Před rokem

      What a stupid comment