All right, this is a great place to post a part of my project which is the Trumpeter 1/16 T-34/85. I planned to scratchbuild the complete PT-3 Mine-roller attachment to go with it.
First thing to do with scratchbuilding is to make a complete research about the subject you want to scratchbuild and then make the complete drawings. That's what I did:
First is the complete 3D drawings, you have to take the type of material that will be available for you when designing this. You may have to make some compromises to do so which can end up in some differences with the real equipment.
Then the 2D assembly drawing:
And finally, the layout of all individual parts. I sorted them according to the thickness and I'll print this on a clear self-adhesive sheet so I can set it over the appropriate styrene sheet and follow the contours to cut the parts.
I would really like to make some of the parts in Photoetched brass but I'm not equipped to produce it so...
To be continued .....
No matter where you go ....... there you are.