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Stads site, www.stadsstuff.com, has an interesting article on John Stengals plastic figure project.
After reading the article and a comment, my hopes for this project aren't as bright as they used to be. Don,t get me wrong I hope this works out as much as anyone, but I,ve learned thru so many years of collecting plastic, until that figure is in my hand, don,t hold your breath.
Gary
 
Interesting. Well, John has gotten far enough to make masters and molds, which is encouraging. But it's like any garage kit maker, in the figure world--things will progress at the maker's own pace.

I think we need to clarify Stadinger's comment about the resin, though. He confuses the vernacular meaning of "organic"--"natural", "free of artificial/chemical ingredients" with the chemical definition. If John is using a non-organic resin, then it contains no carbon compounds, so it's not based on petroleum derivatives, for example. It's still man-made.

Prost!
Brad
 
Well, I wrote the article and I found that John's knowledge of chemical compounds to be exceptional. The man spent 6 months studying, researching, and calling various chemcal companies for information, until he found the formula that he was looking for. Perhaps I explained things incorrectly, but make no mistake, John knows exactly what he is doing.

The process is labor intensive. If I were interested in these figures, I would not hesitate to pre order them. My guess is that they will disappear quickly. John Sr told me that they already have a huge list of orders

As for the comment. I have no idea what point that gentleman was trying to make. He compared this process to Plastic Undeground and Elastolins!!! PU uses resin and Elastolins are made from paper mache, wood bits and glue all mashed together. What that has to do with Stengels's process, I have no idea. It's obvious that he is not a native English speaker,
so it makes it difficult to understand his point.
 
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Well, I wrote the article and I found that John's knowledge of chemical compounds to be exceptional. The man spent 6 months studying, researching, and calling various chemcal companies for information, until he found the formula that he was looking for. Perhaps I explained things incorrectly, but make no mistake, John knows exactly what he is doing.

The process is labor intensive. If I were interested in these figures, I would not hesitate to pre order them. My guess is that they will disappear quickly. John Sr told me that they already have a huge list of orders

As for the comment. I have no idea what point that gentleman was trying to make. He compared this process to Plastic Undeground and Elastolins!!! PU uses resin and Elastolins are made from paper mache, wood bits and glue all mashed together. What that has to do with Stengels's process, I have no idea. It's obvious that he is not a native English speaker,
so it makes it difficult to understand his point.
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Thanks for replying. I apologize for any confusion. I didn't realize that Stadinger himself didn't write the article. My comment is based on your comment, "Right about here, he lost me, as chemistry and I never got along.". But I stand by what I wrote; in chemical terms, "organic" means compounds that include carbon. As far as John's English abilities are concerned, I thought he was from Long Island.

Prost!
Brad
 
Baron, I was speaking of the man who posted the COMMENT on the interview, not John Jr who is from Maspeth, Queens. The comment was written by a non English speaker (Erwin). I still don't understand the point he was trying to make.
 
He didn't understand that the wire armature is used as a "skeleton" for the master figure. When you discussed the sculpting method, the gentleman thought you were describing the finished figures. Composition figures are a sawdust and kaolin mixture pressed in a mould around a wire armature. (This process has always mystified me- they had to make an armature for every single figure?)
One more clarification: in the article, you mention he uses Alumilite - they sell silicone rtv rubber for moulding and urethane resin for casting: alumilite.com.
 
NEVINSRIP said:
Baron, I was speaking of the man who posted the COMMENT on the interview, not John Jr who is from Maspeth, Queens. The comment was written by a non English speaker (Erwin). I still don't understand the point he was trying to make.
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Thanks for clarifying and sorry for any confusion.
 
gk5717 said:
Stads site, www.stadsstuff.com, has an interesting article on John Stengals plastic figure project.
After reading the article and a comment, my hopes for this project aren't as bright as they used to be. Don,t get me wrong I hope this works out as much as anyone, but I,ve learned thru so many years of collecting plastic, until that figure is in my hand, don,t hold your breath.
Gary
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What is so important about this. Who cares how he makes them etc. We just want to know when to expect them or at least that is all many of us care for.
 
NEVINSRIP said:
. He compared this process to Plastic Undeground and Elastolins!!! PU uses resin and Elastolins are made from paper mache, wood bits and glue all mashed together. What that has to do with Stengels's process, I have no idea. It's obvious that he is not a native English speaker,
so it makes it difficult to understand his point.
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Elastolin made plastic too, a lot...
:salute::
 
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