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RE: Metal figure question...... - 7/28/2009 2:22:30 PM   
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 7/28/2009 2:23:15 PM   
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 7/28/2009 2:24:12 PM   
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 7/28/2009 2:25:32 PM   
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Status: online 		And another soldier mold some fool over heated and ruined one side of the mold . I will not comment on who that fool was .




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RE: Metal figure question...... - 7/28/2009 2:45:09 PM   
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 7/28/2009 3:24:45 PM   
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 7/28/2009 9:23:55 PM   
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Status: online 		The small one was poured out of straight lead Warren , the other from old newspaper print blocks which are part lead and part lead I believe . It is a lot harder substance than the straight lead is plus harder to work with .

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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/25/2009 9:25:36 PM   
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/25/2009 9:28:30 PM   
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/25/2009 9:29:48 PM   
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/25/2009 9:31:48 PM   
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/25/2009 9:48:35 PM   
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So good of a post..i love the molds and that you still use them to make the little fellas..amazing

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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/26/2009 12:30:19 AM   
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Status: online 		Those turned out really nice Warren , better than any I ever poured in those molds . The one figure is as you called it , a facsimile of an explosion , thought that was a neat addition to the mold . Looks like you have some impurities in your lead . Once you get the lead to break down into a molten state , drop a lump of canning wax into the liquid, it will make all the impurities come to the top of the lead , allowing you to take a spoon and drag the top removing the impurities from the top of the lead . I am looking forward to seeing them after you get them painted up as well , Lou

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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/26/2009 6:01:34 AM   
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The set. The little thingy is an explosion from a grenade I suppose.






Wow these are cool! this looks like 2 guys trying to kill a turkey thats fanned out

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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/26/2009 6:56:41 AM   
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The set. The little thingy is an explosion from a grenade I suppose.






Wow these are cool! this looks like 2 guys trying to kill a turkey thats fanned out

YES IT DOES RICK!! MY DAD WAS PAINTING THE INSIDE OF A REALLY OLD HOUSE IN THE 70S. FOUND SOME LEAD SOLDIERS IN THE BASE MENT IN A OLD PRICE ALPERT CAN I COLLECTED BOTTLES AND OTHER OLD THINGS ALREADY BY THEN AND HE GAVE THEM TO ME. THEY WERE FROM ENGLAND AND HAD 1912 STAMPED ON THE BOTTOM OF THEM. ALL THE SOLDIERS GUNS WERE BROKE. GUESS THEY WENT INTO SOME KIDS MOUTH. CHARLIE I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU PAINT NOW. GREAT POST LOVED COWBOWS,INDIANS,SOLDIERS WHEN A KID. THEY WERE PLASTIC OR RUBBER.ALWAYS WANTED ONE OF THOSE SETS OF SOLDIERS THAT WERE ADVERTISED IN THE BACK OF COMIC BOOKS. SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE A MILLION SOLDIERS OR SOMETHING. PROBABLY WERE A 1/2 INCH SMALL OR SOMETHING CRAPPY LIKE THE SEA MONKEES WERE. ALWAYS WANTED ME SOME SEA MONKEES TOO!

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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/26/2009 7:26:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Rick, This is a really cool thread. Don't know anything about the figure, but it really looks old.  Hope you find more info on it.

LC.  Part of my job is qualifing parts made from sand molds and permanent molds.  Never visited the foundry but have worked with their engineer on issues with heats and pours etc. So I found your addition to the thread very interesting.

Cap, Nice figures. 

This all reminds me of that movie "The Patriot" where they pour those British Soldiers into a lead mold.  Really enjoyed.

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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/26/2009 12:09:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hello:  This is an interesting thread. Since I minored in metallurgy and worked in a couple foundry jobs and had a lot to do with the changes of molding methods used to make glass bottle mold components for the ABM industry in the 20th century.  My dad was a plumber so I had a lot of experience melting lead for cast-iron sewer pipes and also made some lead soldiers, it was fun to read the thread coverage.
For what it is worth the mold makers used lead hammers a lot to pound on mold equipment with out destroying the iron of the mold.  I have a lead hammer mold and handles for lead hammers.  I also have a fair amount of lead bar blocks.  I have no idea of their value - it was discarded materials and it all followed me home.
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/26/2009 12:26:45 PM   
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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/26/2009 1:44:48 PM   
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Status: online 		Thanks logueb , I want to to some more sand pours but I do not have any foundry sand . I used to do them at a Friend's place years ago , but regretfully he passed away . Haven't looked on line yet to see if it can be pruchased in small quantities as of yet .

I would love to go to a foundry and see the molds loaded and poured , that would have to be quite an interesting thing to see .

I had a good sized wood cannon mold I found somewhere years ago , the barrel measured around two feet long , maybe a bit longer . Do not know what the caliber of it might have been . Sold it at the Springfield Antique Show in Springfield , Ohio a couple of years ago . I had no idea of its value , but I must have had it priced right , as the person who bought it grabbed it up , paid for it , and went off in a hurry with a big grin on his face . Kind of wish I had hung on to it like so many other things I have let go of over the years . It would have taken a foundry to smelt enough metal to have poured it being it was a fairly large mold .

I made this post earlier , but decided to add this to this post rather than to make another post . I poured these figures from a mold earlier today . It was a cold pour and I needed to clean my lead of impurities but they still turned out fairly well , except that I broke the ball off the top of the baton that the majorette was holding !




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RE: Metal figure question...... - 8/26/2009 1:50:04 PM   
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Status: online 		Gunth , My thoughts for the trilobite castings was to use them as paper weights . Glue felt to the bottom of them for smooth surface. Some of my fellow collectors thought that they were cool just to display amongst other trilobites .

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