Help! My first mold ever.

Hello everyone.
I've been working on this project for the last couple of months.
I am now ready to start making the molds, but I've come to realize that I wont be able to make it in a two-parts mold.
The first piece has holes, so.... I don't have a clue what to do about that.
And the second piece has those kind of flaps at the front.
I am guessing it will have to be (at least in the second piece) a three part mold, but I really don't have a clue how to make the "cuts".

Please, any suggestions will be much appreciated.

 

Has the master been made yet? I ask because the pics look like 3D renders rather than photos. If the master has not been made yet, you need to plan out how best to break it down into parts that will be easy to mold. Several smaller parts will simplify the shapes. Looking at you design, I would separate the plates and the trigger guard. I would probably also design the main body as halves.

If this is the completed master I really can't help much, I've only worked with simpler forms so far. But this article at Smooth-On may help, it deals with a pretty complex shape http://www.smooth-on.com/gallery.php?galleryid=378

 

I'm sure you'll get loads of advise because the are hundreds of ways to mold objects. years ago we used to split wall mold gobs by claying up the spit line but now we tape the split lines , vacum mold in clear urethan the cut to the tape . ( not a cheep method )

As you've shown drawings I'm presuming you've not made you job yet. This is when you can save some money by building you job around everything coming out of silicone dump molds.
split the job up first (if your 3D printing this is easy ) if you scratch building double sided tape the job together so you know it will match.
once you get your fast cast parts out glue together and clean up the seam as you would a kit.

This method save on skill, money and lessens you chances of air traps.

But I'm sure some one will walk you through multi part molds or look on Youtube.

 

The 'grip' part (the second image) could be done with a single three part mold. One mold part line would run vertically around the piece with an additional vertical part-line perpendicular to the main portion at the plane across the aft edge of the 'flap' features (aft being towards the rear of the 'gun') and then around the exterior edges of the flaps. The interior space between the flaps would be filled by an insert plug that would have to key into the two other parts at the perpendicular plane (round 'peg & socket' probably best) to define the space between the two flaps. Clamping would be from the sides and from the forward end to keep the insert plug seated & minimize flash leakage. Of course you also must incorporate channels for pouring & air escape, probably by molding it inverted through the 'handle' portion and with a connecting 'sprue' to the plug cavity area from the cocking lever area with vents off the underside of the "slide" portion.

The other part, I cannot say as I cannot really visualize the configuration clearly from your renderings. Anytime you have 'trapped space', you must have an opening to use to extract any interior plugs, preferably with parallel sides (or at least a taper such that the opening is the widest area.) For example, think of a plastic egg. It is two parts, both hollow. A two part mold would work because the exterior mold is formed by a 'bowl' cavity while the interior surface is bound by a 'dome' shape. The domed half resembles a hat with a brim while the other a wash basin. If the 'basin' in on top, it should be stiff enough to resist sagging and touching the peak of the "hat" half. Inverted, the hat may sag and contact the bottom of the bowl part,. creating a flaw.and uneven thickness. So even a simple 'egg' shape can present challenges.

One thing about plugs: They can be of more than one part also. Imagine a typical round bucket shape where the opening is wider than the bottom (aka it tapers to the bottom.) This is easily molded same as the 'egg' example. However, what if the wide area is the closed area (tapers toward the top)? Then the "plug" cannot be extracted as before. However, if you insert a straight cylinder into the center of the tapered plug, when the cylinder is pulled, the now hollow, thin-walled remaining plug is flexible and can be deformed enough to remove from the interior of the molded part. In essence, a collapsing mold plug!

I hope this helps when visualizing your mold construction.

Regards, Robert