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Gerty Kit Build After remaining on the shelf unfinished for 4 YEARS, I decided to finish this 1/6th scale Gerty from MOON and make a limited run resin kit to keep me in food while inbetween real jobs.
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Thickening up the walls so they are rigid coming out of the mould. Location tangs also there so it all clips together without any guess work. | |
Just made ONE of these and then cast it three times to make another pattern which then would be cast, three at a time on a back plate. The one which they left off in a shot in the film (oops) |
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I think all the bits are now ready for moulding | |
Most of these are two part moulds to reduce the stress of stretching the rubber around the casting in the future. Rubber gets brittle after 30 or so pulls and I dont want it tearing too early. These patterns are sat on a plastiline wall and there are more risers to go in that half when this first layer of rubber has cured. |
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Lots of risers for the air to escape. One half cured, the Plastiline has been removed and extra risers have gone in before I pour the final half. | |
The last of the rubber is poured. I end up using £200 worth of silicon...and no waste. |
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Typical mould showing all the location pips. (something round pressed into the plastiline wall before the first half was poured) | |
All the moulds ready to be put through their paces |
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The majority of the pieces. this is the first set and will be the ones I finish off for promoting the kit | |
Coming together nicely |
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A tesco worklight is butchered (run through the bandsaw) for Gertys main screen. I get 8 per lamp. You can see one in position in the kit. | |
for the two strip lights top and bottom, I used micro LEDS. 7 per strip, all soldered very close to one another. |
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The finished Kit...now to throw coffee at it like they did on the stage. | |
A certificate of authenticity signed by Bill Pearson and Myself. |