CASTING METALS

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What is the Metal Stirrer? The smallest thing makes the biggest difference. That is how one can describe this item. This little wooden will allow you to safely test the temperature of the metal. Just dip it in the metal for 7 seconds, take it out. If it smoking lightly, the temperature is right and you will have a perfect casting. Furthermore you can use the stirrer, to stir the metal and move the dross to one side. No more dross will go into your casting. Try it! It is fabulous and free.

CASTING METALS
Weight Grams	Description	Code Number	Mail Order Price Euro
129gr	Modelmetal 129gr (1 bar)	2047	€5.47	Add to basket
			€6.20
395gr	Modelmetal 395gr (3 bars)	2048	€14.95	Add to basket
			€16.95
1290gr	Modelmetal 1.25kg (10 bars) Available to mail order only	2049	€42.00	Add to basket
			€47.60
3900gr	Modelmetal 3.9kg (30 bars) Available to mail order only	2047-30	€106.80	Add to basket
			€121.20
12900gr	Modelmetal 12.9kg (100 bars) Available to mail order only	2047-100	€324.00	Add to basket
			€367.00
130gr	Standardmetal 125gr (1 bar)	2057	€2.99	Add to basket
390gr	Standardmetal 375gr (3 bars)	2058	€7.90	Add to basket
1250gr	Standardmetal 1.25kg (10 bars) Available to mail order only	2056	€24.75	Add to basket
3750gr	Standardmetal 3.75kg (30 bars) Available to mail order only	2057-30	€60.90	Add to basket
12500gr	Standardmetal 12.5kg (100 bars) Available to mail order only	2057-100	€180.00	Add to basket
85gr	5 star Metal 1 ingot	2060	€5.60	Add to basket
280gr	5 star Metal 3 ingots blister	2059	€13.99	Add to basket
850gr	5 star Metal 10 ingots Available to mail order only	2061	€39.36	Add to basket
2550gr	5 star Metal 30 ingots Available to mail order only	2060-30	€101.40	Add to basket
8500gr	5 star Metal 100 ingots Available to mail order only	2060-100	€282.00	Add to basket

Model metal (54% Lead / 11% Tin / 35% Bismuth) is the easiest to cast with it contains a large amount of lead, making it heavy and bismuth to improve the amount of fill. Standard metal (65% Lead / 2% Antimony / 33% Tin) is the cheapest like model metal this is a tin/lead alloy but uses antimony as a flow improver. 5 Star metal (94.5% Tin / 3% Zinc / 2.5% Antimony) is best if people are going to handle your miniatures unpainted this is mainly an alloy of tin and zinc. Model metal melts at 138°C (280°F), while Standard metal melts at 210°C (410°F) and the Five star metal melts at 230° C (446° F)

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SUGGESTED METAL REQUIREMENTS
Scale	Aapprox Weight per figure	Figures per bar
25mm	12-15g	8-10 figures
40mm	25-35g	3-5 figures
54mm	60g	2 figures
54mm	Cavalry figure 250g	0.5 figures
Ches Sets	60g	2 figures

Other low melting point alloys

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