Scratchbuilding, Who wants to do it?

I have to thank Woody for putting me on to them as well! Will be getting one hopefully in the next year or so....!

I been scratching together a dio of the Gate Room from Stargate SG-1 for several months now. The hard part has been finding any quality photos to work from. Of course the scale is all guessitmated but I've got some 1/35 figures to pose as the SG team. It keeps getting put on the back burner as I run into snags or have other projects take priority, but I hope to get in done before MGM decides to put out a model kit or the end of this decade.

I'm also getting used to scratchbuilding alot of other stuff for planned diorama window dressing. I've changed my whole method of shopping. Instead of I need this... it's become, What can I do with this.

Don

Here is another picture of my F2G.

This is made up of seven pieces of balsa inpregnated with thin CA. My plan was to use this as a master for RTV molds and cast the final bird in polyester or epoxie resin.
This picture doesn't really do these parts justice. I suppose that is because of the grey & black paint I'm using to find flaws.

I started my modellinghobby with scratch bulding. I was very keen on ships and small boats and I couldn't get kits 40 odd years ago of what I wanted or they were too expensive so as mentioned above good reference material with hull plans and deck photos and a balsa creation evolved. All motorised too. It was about 10 years later that I started with model cars, the first serious one being Airifx's 1/12th Bentley. I still have one of my first model ships (English Ton class minesweeper) albeit in very poor condition as its the only model I've ever won anything with! Since I've done a lot of detail work on model cars but not to the extent many of you above do. One thing I'm planning to do is to convert a Tamiya 962 to a road car. I've found some photos of one such beast and it doesn't look too difficult a conversion but there a substantial rear body changes.

me....
i'm just about finished with a scratchbuilt uparmor conversion of a 1/72 panzer iv ausf. g (side skirts and spaced turret armor plus a few other minor items) and about to start on a Panther ausf. g to ersatz M10 conversion, also in 1/72.
even if there were aftermarket goodies available, i'd feel kinda silly spending more on them than i did on the kit...
and i don't mind spending a little time 2 make sure that my model isn't exactly the same as everyone else's...
someday when my skills improve enough, i plan 2 do a scratchbuilt
s-tank in 1/72.... i'll probably get it finished just in time 2 find out that hasegawa or dragon will b releasing one shortly, but whatever...
frosty

I scratch build or try to whatever I want on a Kit and either can't find or don't want to break down and go aftermarket. I'm making a working buckle for the collar of a 54mm patrol dog. Yes I'm crazy most of us here are.

Woody,
I am in the process of scratchbuilding a Quad 40mm bofors in 1/32 scale. I find 1/2 of the enjoyment is the research and the planning stage. The other half is building something that cant be bought at that scale or in a kit. For those of you who feel they dont have the skills I would say that everyone has the skills but you just need the project to bring them out. Just get it done.

discipline by example.

ICIT

Well said icit! The important thing is to start a project. If you care about the subject your working on the rest will follow.