Battery Completed

Here's an image of the battery from start to finish.
1) Nice silicone moulds
2) Straight out of the mould
3) Tidied Up
4) Polished.....

The battery worked very well, usually you need to burnish back resin with iron wool to gain the metallic finish but it was unnecessary. I found that the key things to remember when using metal powders is that.

1- The master should be polished to a very high standard (near mirror like), either lacquered or turned from a plastic or metal.
2- Resin Gel coated should be used, standard laying up resin works much better, you can have a higher ratio of metal powder to resin and will thicken to a gel coat standard because of it. Giving you a better metal effect.
3- Added a greenish off-white pigment to the resin give the aluminium that something extra...

Other objects

LED - Internal filaments have been made from acrylic and have been sprayed and lacquered. Ready for mould on monday morening.
Letter K - Basic shape has been cut ready to be sanded and shaped.