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You are looking at very tiny moulds and very fiddly small layups.
I would suggest that traditional composites would unlikely be suitable for that purpose as the traditional methods such as wet lay, resin infusion and even pre-preg are more suited to bigger parts.
I'd imagine you would be better off looking down the casting resin or plastic injection type routes. Many of the raw plastics are often "composites" as in use filler powders and strands etc to improve the performance but on a smaller scale.
As a DIY method, you could make a silicone mould then pour casting resin into it. Due to the size and scale, I would recommend vacuum degassing as a single small bubble could ruin things. Plus you would need an "insert" you lowered into the centre portion of the mould so that it displaces resin where you want a void to give you the hollow section.
Even then at that size, it won't be an easy task to get right.
Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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