atomic chicken

[ctom]

I was up early this morning and had nothing else to do at that hour but look at color plates from various plastics manufacturers and this one looked interesting, so I had to try it.



The yellow orange color was gotten by melting a chunk of chartreuse along with a small chunk of fluorescent orange and adding a little red .015 flake. This was hand poured.

The redder injection plastic is X2 tomato, 2 drops to 3 ounces of plastic, rose hi lite and a little more red glitter than what went into the yellow-orange.

[brandx112679]

 
  Ctom, did you pour the tail too? I was wondering how you got the tail all one color, being hand poured?  I love the color. By the way thanks for the where to to buy that mold ,I love it. I bought the 6 inch for skakey head fishing. Wish I had at least 2 of them. Will have to work on that.

  Very cool color

[jl3140]

brandx, I believe he poured the yellowish orange color by hand and then injected the red color and that flowed into the tail. I'm not entirely sure but this is my best guess

By the way ctom, the color looks great.

[ctom]

I did hand pour the butterscotch color, then inject the red.

I have since been working to get the 'red" tamed down a bit and had a chance to look at a picture of the original bait's color on another monitor and the red appears more orange than what appears on my monitor. I hand poured the butterscotch again and then injected a fluorescent orange in on top of it and I like that better. Actually the color is almost identical to that seen in the color plate for the original bait.

Here's my second attempt. I like this one much better.

[brandx112679]

Cctom, do you elevate the end next to the tail? So not to get the first color in to the cavity, and then shoot the last color that's  the only way I can figure keeping the tail all one color.

[jl3140]

Cctom, do you elevate the end next to the tail? So not to get the first color in to the cavity, and then shoot the last color that's  the only way I can figure keeping the tail all one color.

When you hand pour the belly, you let the plastic set up before closing it and turning it upright to shoot the second color. As for not getting it into the tail portion while pouring into the open mold, it's just practice. The plastic sets up some as you pour it so usually it doesn't flow way down into that area unless it's really warm plastic. Hopefully this helps

[ctom]

If you are pouring from a cup, you may not have the control needed to do pours such as these. I use a spoon to pour all of my hand pours. I keep the mold flat when I pour the color. With some practice you'll find that any problems coming with pouring with a spoon start at the onset of the pour. I like to start with the head end of each bait and end just a hair short of the tail end.

Mastering the hand pour starts with handling the plastic in a way you are comfortable with. Me...its the spoon. I can control what I am doing very precisely. I do a belly hand pour in a nano mold with the spoon. Then I can add a line color with the spoon. Then inject to finish with a true 3 color laminated bait all because I have precise control over the pouring process. This all takes time and practice and as I usually do I suggest using contrasting colors of junk plastic to practice whatever method you choose to employ to do your hand pours. The different colors allow you to see quickly where things are working and where they need work.

[brandx112679]

  I think I will give the spoon a try.  I hand pour with an anchor cup, but sometimes have a hard time keeping it from getting into the tail.

[Botanophilia]

If you are having trouble hand pouring, prop the tail end of the mold slightly (I use a bamboo skewer). Hot plastic so it flows well. Start at the tail and work towards the sprue.  I actually have a video of my 3 color shad process all edited, but I haven't had time to do the audio.  Maybe Tuesday.

[Fatman]

Sweet color!!!