2nd Cast Pen
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Jim15
Member
Looks great.
Kenny Durrant
Member
You'll work out those issues with a little practice. I love the eagle on the cap. Nice pen.
Alchemist
Member
Looks really nice to me!
Alan Morrison
Member
Very good, Ken.
I like it and I like the positioning of the cog at the end of the clip.
Alan
I like it and I like the positioning of the cog at the end of the clip.
Alan
mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
Very nice! 
I am not quite sure what caused the "spots" in several places. I used aluminite slow and a pressure pot. I don't think they are bubbles. Looks more like the resin didn't stick to the background label in those areas. I have used that same material though and that didn't happen. Maybe I was a little messy gluing on the watch parts. I just don't know. What are your thoughts?
qquake
Member
It looks really good! Is that a Citizen kit from Crooked Mill?
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qquake
Member
It is a Dayacom kit, so I'm sure other vendors sell them. Exotic has Jr. Citizen kits listed, and they look the same. But they're available in both rollerball and fountain, in several platings. Crooked Mill only has the one chrome Citizen rollerball.
JohnU
Member
It looks great Ken. My thoughts on the spot you mentioned… did you use CA to glue your parts? If so, that could be the issue. Alumilite and CA don't play well together. Also, Sometimes stuff just happens. Metal parts can have oil residue or something to interfere along with obstructing or trapping air under them. It's all the joys of casting. Lol. Some alternatives to gluing parts for clear casting are either a very small dab of 2 part epoxy adhesive so it doesn't squish out along the sides or clear nail polish. Both of those will work with urethane resins.
Thanks John, I did use CA so that might be the culprit.