18th - 22nd January 2010

PATTERN MAKING - DARREN

Mr. Darren has finished the BRK 153 and is polishing it to remove any unwanted particles before Neil makes a mould.

PATTERN MAKING/MOULD FIXING - DARREN

The roof piece mould for the BC 011 has a small pip on it. This is causing every casting from that cavity to have a small hole in it.

Not Good, so Darren is using a small grinding bit to gently buff the mould smooth again.

SMALL PARTS CASTING - IAN

This is the BC 011 roof.

Blemish-Free.

REPAIR TIME

Tim is fixing one of the casting machines.

SPINCAST MACHINE REPAIR: Lesson 7 - Shaft Replacement.

This is the inside of a casting machine.

We've mentioned before how simple they are.....

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...just like the guys that operate them!!!!!

SPINCAST ANATOMY

Right, The mould is placed in the top of the machine and the air ram (1) applies presure through the shaft (3 - missing from the pic) to keep the two halves of the mould together.

The motor (2) spins the shaft (3) which spins the actual mould.

That's it!!

'Presure to keep the mould together and some rotation'

Parts (4) are pressure monitors, timers, circuits for the display etc. but nothing hugely technical.

It's very simple, robust and straight forward.

Like Tim!

PLATING CASTING - ANDY

The BRK 162 side sills are cast in frames to aid in the plating process and to keep them straight.

BODY CASTING - BIG ANDY

A BRK 162 in the mould waiting to be extracted.

BODY CASTING - BIG ANDY

And here are some of those BRK 162 castings ready for fettling.

PAINT ROOM

No, we aren't making props for the new 'Jaws' film.

These are the rear fins for the BRK 71 Speedboat.

PAINT ROOM - BOB

Bob has used a paint mask to stop the red paint from colouring the top half of the Willys'.

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Thanks to those paint masks we can provide you with 2-tone cars as you see here.

This is the finished test assembly of the Willy's Jeepster.

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Here we have the finished BRK 101 Muntz Jet rework witht the added roof.

FINAL ASSEMBLY

We've also added an extra information plate to the bottom of the piece.

It's hard to read from the picture but it says:

BRK 101x
1 OF 170

Yes, only 170 of them so if you want one..............

STOCKS AND SHARES MANAGEMENT

Neil is obviously SOOOOOOOOOO busy that he has time for a call.

Yes that was sarcasm.

MOULD MAKING - NEIL 'Gordon Gekko' Parker

Now that he's finished discussing his financial portfolio with his accountant, Neil is going to make a mould for the new ROD 24.

It's a reworking of the BRK 57, a 1960 Lincoln Continental Convertible.