This peaked my interest so I duly grabbed anything they had on the subject
including some nice tutorial stuff on said moulding and casting.

Everything I learned from those books resulted in what you see here.
Now who ever said reading was boring?.

it took about 6 months on and off to get to the finished article.
I was learning at every stage through this and boy did I make some mistakes
but anyone who knows me will tell you that ain't unusual.