Hi,

i'm just picking up the modelbuilding afther a couple years of silence.
I'm working on a diorama right now, and i'll post some photo's of if later, cause i'll need some help for it, but that's just for next week or so.

I was looking on the internet, and i notice a lot the word "scratchbuilding", but i could figure out what it is.

Because this looks the right place to post it, is there anyone who could explain to me?

Thx a lot

-Crime-

Gday Thomas and welcome aboard!
So how are you going about building your diorama? One would imagine that it is not a company produced, 'paint and your done' kind of base...
So therefore the construction of it, and anything else on it can be classified as scratchbuilding... You need a fence on that? Buy strips of timber from the hobby shop, use a blade/saw and some glue... Measure, cut, fit, etc. All scratchbuilt! By you! Need a cobblestone road. Pour plaster, then when setting, scribe the pattern according to photos you've seen, or how it is in the 'old' part of your town... Voila, scratchbuilt! Basically, any item/part that you can see that you want to add to a tank for example, that you cannot find commercially available (or is too expensive) you can recreate from ANY material you see fit... Your mind is the limit... Don't have a rifle sling on your figure? Make one =scratchbuild one....
Very satisfying :-)
Cheers
Brad
P.S. in a nutshell, Where you see 'scratchbuilt', it means the modeller has added some of his/her own construction to realise something in their own image. All those stands in the local hobby shop with timber strips, brass rods/sheets and styrene plastic shapes are for scratchbuilding things...

To put it simply, where no kit exists of a particular prototype, you obtain a set of plans, photos etc and build it yourself (starting from scatch). Where no plans exist, some even draw their own based on what photos they have gathered. What material you use will depend on what you are comfortable with using. Most people will use plastic sheet, but models have been scratch built from cardboard, wood, metal or a combination of all of these.

Hello Thomas,

I thought it might be helpfull to show you some pictures of some scratching I did:

The original model is from revell (jagdpanther) but I replaced some details with some I made myself, like hatches, handlebars and fenders.

This "thing" was completely "scratched" from plaster (gips), some plastic card and metalwire.

I'm certainly not one of the best scratchbuilders around here but I hope this is usefull.

Pascal

for the diorama, i have created everything myself (exept the soldier, the flak and gun) . It's quite easy. I just came up with the title "A day before the day". The soldiers are enjoying there meal, no craters ect.

I'll promise i'll send some photo's to the diorama forum.
Then u guys can give me some advice on how to make it more realistic and filling it more up, caus i still think its pretty 'boring'

Anyways i'm not disappointed, but i think i can do better, so up to the next one

Thomas

Great Attitude!!

Shaun

Hi Thomas
In a nutshell as quoted by ukgeoff

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To put it simply, where no kit exists of a particular prototype, you obtain a set of plans, photos etc and build it yourself (starting from scatch). Where no plans exist, some even draw their own based on what photos they have gathered. What material you use will depend on what you are comfortable with using. Most people will use plastic sheet, but models have been scratch built from cardboard, wood, metal or a combination of all of these.


A good example of this is my old dad BARV.
Take a look in his gallery and you'll get a good idea what "Scratchbuilding" is all about. If you do decide to start you will be welcomed to "The Darkside" as some call it :-) :-) :-)

SAS007

I assume you mean D-Day?
How about "A day before the Day", using the capital D? Adds a little more emphasis...

idd, it should be "a day before D-day"

LOL


thx a lot guys