Molding/Casting very small fish

[ryanstraw]

I have a few small fish I need to mold and cast for a personal project. They are a 1" bluegill, 2" catfish, 2" killfish, and a 3" common carp. I attempted this small of fish before with bondo/resin molds and casts and also alginate mold with bondo/resin cast but the seams were always too big and wasn't really good to use. I liked the alginate but it wasn't too reliable the keys would sometimes be off a very tiny bit. I have heard of a no-seam mold how do I do this? also for something such as the catfish and carp would I cut off the fins and mold them seperately such as if they were large? Thank you very much for any advice.

-Ryan

[mr.T aka mr. friendly]

I would encase the whole fish in rubber, then slit one small area on the bottom belly area to remove the fish, that way you still have a one piece mold, ( a clam shell mold) with a small seam.

[John C]

The seams in what you do, it is not the methods fault rather its yours.''


I have done some Gobies about two inches and the largest is 4 and with a bit pf practice and thats exactly what you need is practice you can end up with almost no seam.