There is a video on youtube by a guy who goes by "myfordboy" amongst his videos he has a video of a similar process to cast a complex part, he 3d plastic filament prints the part, embeds it in casting plaster, melts the 3d printed plastic part out of the plaster which has now become a mold, and then casts into the mold using a regular sand casting process. It may not work for all parts as you obviously need the melted plastic to run out of the mold somewhere,