Hey Steff

You need to take a sewing machine in to work for when it's quiet! I'm having a training session with my daughter Katherine in the morning to help her with the sewing. She has a late start at work so is coming round for a lesson. It's much easier to show someone than try and explain it all in writing.

I also found half a 1/6 body that was cut in wax ages ago, just the front half. It'd be good to have the right size body as the Dragon/BBI etc accessories are a bit short in the body. We're just a little concerned that the legs and arms of our model are so thin that our 3mm wire may not embed properly. Perhaps we could thicken them up a smidge.

The mill arrived and will be fantastic but unfortunately there's about a 6 week wait to get the cnc kit to go on it. Then it has to be installed so patience is the order of the day I'm afraid.

The oxygen mask is proving to be a real challenge. After producing one perfect one the first time we have not been able to repeat it again. The first one was too big, more like 13/ size so Richard recut the wax plug and so far I think I've made about 1/2 a dozen moulds. The silicon material we're using will no longer release from the mould and some of the earlier attempts I did use the wrong release agent but after waiting about 3 weeks to get the recommended release agent, even that didn't work! It means throwing away the stuck mould and starting again every time but we'll get there eventually.

cheers
Patti