Astute eyes will notice this example has a right thigh as a placeholder for the missing left thigh, similar to the one shown in Tomart's AFD. The lower right arm is a duplicate of the upper right arm as well. Regardless, this example is one of the most complete in existance making it a very noteworthy and highly coveted prototype!
Hardcopies are produced using a silicon mold (this mold is created from the orginal wax figure sculpting). Once it is removed from the mold it may serve a number of purposes. It might remain unpainted and ultimately be used to create a negative epoxy "hardmold", which is used in the cutting of the steel production mold. This negative epoxy mold is essential since one cannot pantograph from a positive object to yield a negative mold. The process must be done from negative to negative. When used for this purpose, the hardcopy is referred to as a "tooling master" or "tooling hardcopy".
Extra hardcopies are also poured as a precaution, should something happen to the tooling master. These extras would remain unpainted as well. If a hardcopy is not destined for tooling or backup, then it will more than likely be handpainted for use in catalog photography, trade shows, or as a paintmaster. It should be noted that no painted examples of Quadrex have surfaced to date.
This incredible Quadrex hardcopy heralds from the collection of avid Super Powers fan and collector, Ken Raquel. Many thanks go out to Ken for sharing pictures of this and other great prototypes from his collection!
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