I’m pleased to report that this recently completed model now has a “sponsor”, and a mold will be made in about a week for this so the client will be able to receive his cast.
Also, the semi-discontinued lion 3886 may also come back again shortly.
It was never a big seller, so when the mold tore I never replaced it and decided to just shelve replacing it till some later date, because each mold costs an average of $300 for the materials, and most of a day labor to build. For me to spend that money and time on a mold it needs to be for a design that sells, or has at least a couple of interested parties with firm orders at hand. Otherwise the mold just sits around taking up space, and they do have a shelf life for the rubber part of them too.
With a previous client perhaps wanting 3 more now, the mold would be good to replace at this point to cast those.
