Ralph Brammer (”Rockley Bottom” on the GnATTERbox) has sent in some tips for anyone who wants to try their hand at casting models.

I use old tea spoons for measuring the two parts needed for casting resin. For obvious reasons the two need to be kept apart until added to the final mixing pot. I use old film containers to hold the spoons as any material draining from the spoons can be used rather than wasted.

To stop the containers from falling over I used small fruit cocktail containers as holders for the film containers. Turn the fruit containers over and cut a star in the bottom, then push the film container into the fruit container’s base.

The fruit container and a film canister

This works well on its own and provides a wider base.

To improve the stability, add weight to them by filling the gap between the film container and the fruit container with Plaster of Paris.

The finished items, well used

This makes them very stable on the work bench.

To avoid mixing batches, I also have one set of resin fluid containers made a different colour from the other one, simply by wrapping black tape around both the container and its spoon’s handle so that the pair can be kept together and no unintentional mixing of fluids goes on.