scratch-built models and the art of scratchbuilding
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Well, here is part 3 of the build, things are moving quite swiftly and needless to say I am having some serious fun. Apart from my husband duties, like going to the beach and chatting with the Wife, I have managed to do some building as [...]
Well after all the Christmas food, I decided that I need some exercise, so I got back to work.
Here are the steps I took to get to where I am now, this has taken about a day and a half, with the odd break in between.
After I had glued all [...]
Here are the first build pictures of the PC Mk 21,
What I did first was trace all the rib sections and fuselage halves onto tracing paper and transfer them to a sheet of plastic card.
Once I completed that I started to cut everything out [...]
I had a look through Martin’s aircraft posts from Telford but didn’t see this one listed unless I overlooked it, so apologies if duplicated.
I think the modeller is Italian but don’t know anything else about it apart from the fact [...]
Scratch building at its best. Dedication and resilience is what you can call this artist. Take a read and prepare to be awed!
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Well its time to post, I started with the build on the 13 July 2017, with a roll of plastic card, good intentions and highly motivated. What I wanted to do was build the PC 6 as accurate as possible, in a few instances I have got it right, [...]
Choices, choices, With the PC 6 coming to an end, I have been trying to see what I would try next, and I cant make up my mind, so I thought I would put it all on the table and have the esteemed group here at i modeler help me decide. I [...]
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This time I'd like to present model that perhaps to be quite unusual. Planes, tanks and other automotives seem to be most popular objects of scale modeling. Guitar model could seems not interesting for everyone. But those who enjoy [...]
Here we go again, this build has been an absolute challenge from the beginning. I have found that I have problem solving skills that I never thought I had.
Before I left for the Congo I decided to laminate the wings from 1mm Plastic card [...]
I have posted some more progress pics of the Pilatus, I have installed the scratch built cargo pallet with drums and jerry cans, and installed the roof, I needed to shape the roof to get the fit ok. Hope you like it so far.