Hi everyone
Foz here.a bit of a newbie here.
I live in the backwater part of S.E Bulgaria where I only know of one model shop in the entire country and that is in the Capitol ,Sofia,which is about a 4 hour drive from where I live.This then forced me to Scratch build all my models if I wanted to carry on with this hobby.I brought a handfull of kits with me from my home country(UK) and occasionally on trips back home I bring small kits out here.
I have now found that I get much more satisfaction out of scratch building than I ever did with kit building.
I want to show you my Westland Lysander that I scratch built late last year.The materials I used to build this are as follows
1. Balsa Wood
2.Old Birthday /xmas cards
3.Scraps of plastic sheets
4.Tissue Paper
5.Pieces of different size wire I ripped out the back of an old TV
6.Bits of old packaging
In fact I raided the wifes kitchen bin to see if there was any thing usefull to use in there!!
I know it sounds crazy but if you live in a place like this...then improvisation is the key word.
This project took me about 5 months to complete.....a few tears on the way but I think I got there in the end and I am very happy with the end result
For those of you who are intersted you can see how I put this Lysander together in "How I Scratch Build" on my Web site below.
I would appreciate any comments .....good or bad
I'll post some Pictures after I have made a cup of tea........yes....you can get tea here