Thanks for the input, guys. I was just curious about this because of the results that I remember from FSM's survey about recasting. The overwhelming majority of responses seemed to indicate that the kitbuilding community found the practice not only unacceptable, but a "hanging offense."
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The catch was that the question as stated didn't cover the particulars of what I had in mind, so I thought I'd ask.
erush, you suggested "not mentioning it" to people to avoid trouble. I try to plan for any likely event and thought that it might come up if I had these on display at a con or something. For example...
Other Person: "Wow! That's a lot of starships! How many kits did you use to make all these?"
Me: "Umm, actually, just one."
Opie: "Just one? How'd you get all those ships from one set?"
Me: "No 'loaves and fishes' miracle or anything. I just copied parts from the kit."
Opie: "You WHAT?!"
You can see how this could go, given the general consensus on recasting as shown in FSM's pages. I'd rather find out in advance ( and with relative anonymity as a safety net
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) just how bad an idea it was to someday have to admit to having done it, even if not for profit.
Again, thanks for the replies.