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[Scale-Master]

could this thread be

Since you started the thread I believe you can lock it too.

[sjordan2]

To see scratchbuilding at its best, there are many examples at scalemotorcars.com, where several builders fabricate everything from a variety of materials, includingmaking their own tires. Google the Duesenberg SJ of Louis Chenot for one example (with a working 1/6 engine).

http://theoldmotor.com/?p=36336

Here are others in progress at scalemotorcars.com...

http://www.scalemoto...ld-journal.html

http://www.scalemoto...rcedes-ssk.html

http://www.scalemoto...al-mark-ii.html

http://www.scalemoto...-lago-t26c.html

And, of course Gerald Wingrove is likely the most famous scratchbuilder of all.

www.geraldwingrove.com

Edited by sjordan2, 20 November 2012 - 09:37 AM.

[Danno]

could this thread be

Is discussion no longer to be allowed on this discussion board?

[southpier]

hopefully yes, but the inane drivell is getting out of control

[2002p51]

hopefully yes, but the inane drivell is getting out of control

Must every post on every thread be meaningful and profound?

We're just a bunch of model geeks sittin' around talking about stuff and having a little fun.

[Danno]

hopefully yes, but the inane drivell is getting out of control

* drivel *

[Ace-Garageguy]

O' lord, the drivel police are knock, knock, knockin' at my door......and they seem to have participles dangling from odd places........

Edited by Ace-Garageguy, 20 November 2012 - 09:17 AM.

[2002p51]

Okay, to bring this back a little;

I made this Watson Indy car frame entirely from Evergreen Styrene rod and .010" sheet.



To me it is built from scratch.

Now here is a trailer I made for a top fuel dragster (Notice I didn't type FED, that's a whole 'nother rant! )







This too is made entirely from Evergreen Sheet and shapes like angle, etc. Except, of course, for the wheels and tires and those posters which were scanned from various sources. So, it's not really 100% scratchbuilt, or is it?

[martinfan5]

Drew, I see your trailer, and I will raise you one , here is my 99% scratchbuilt trailer, yes, I know I posted a link to it earlier, but a pic is better then a link

Edited by martinfan5, 20 November 2012 - 09:43 AM.

[Monty]

May I borrow 2 cups of white flour?

Since we've already touched on grammar Nazis (note lack of apostrophe) and baking from scratch, I figured this would be German, oops, germane. Full disclosure: I happen to have this t-shirt

[Ace-Garageguy]

Unt VAHT haf you gott against Chermans ????

And Drew and Jonathan, your work is absolutely stunning. Love that Watson frame, man.

[Pete J.]

Must every post on every thread be meaningful and profound?

We're just a bunch of model geeks sittin' around talking about stuff and having a little fun.

Agree! My friends and I gather for lunch occationally and the converstion is not topic limited. Some times the tangents are as much fun as the main topic. It is not the destination but the journey that is the joy in life.

[martinfan5]

There are some people on this forum that expect us to talk models 100% of the time, heck, at my club meetings we dont about models half the time

[2002p51]

Okay Johnathan, I yield to my betters. That thing is amazing! Nice job.

I'm now crawling away in shame.

[martinfan5]

Drew, thank you , but that was not my goal, I was just having some fun , did you build yours before Galaxie trailers came about ?, there are still things not great about mine, I just hide it in the photos , if you find the link I posted a few pages back, there are a lot more pics of it , I have done three so far, and that is the best one so far

[2002p51]

I built my trailer about a year ago, Johnathan. It's supposed to represent the typical dragster trailer from the sixties so it's a quit a bit lower in height than a Galaxie trailer.

I haven't worked on it in a while and there are still a lot of details to add.

And yes, I hide stuff in photos too!

[Harry P.]

hopefully yes, but the inane drivell is getting out of control

You want weighty, deeply meaningful posts? Here ya go:

E=mc²

Contemplating that ought to keep you busy for a while...

[southpier]

* drivel *

okay, okay. now i'm going to work on my new build. its a scratchbuilt kit from Revel

[Hollywood Jim]

okay, okay. now i'm going to work on my new build. its a scratchbuilt kit from Revel

Hey wait a minute. I think you have something there.

Yes, Revell does make scratch built kits. They take plastic materials and they make a kit out of it.

So most of us do build scratch built kits.

Edited by Hollywood Jim, 20 November 2012 - 02:03 PM.

[sjordan2]

I'm surprised no one has commented on post 103, above. If you don't know that stuff, you don't know real scratchbuilt.