Kitbashing,,,

[Tom Geiger]

7 minutes ago, Modelbuilder Mark said:

I hear you. I would say at least a third of my stash was bought purely with the intentions of parting them out. 

I have loads of parts kits, I love to buy cheap kits and parts bags at shows. Just material to build from!

There are specific kits I will buy whenever I see them offered for $5 or $10 because they are great for parts or contain some of my favorite accessories..  pickups 50 & 53 Ford, 50,55 & 57 Chevy.. Lindberg 64 Plymouth & Dodge kits with the slant six, 71 Dusters for the chassis.. 

[Jantrix]

The hard part for me is the act of parting out a kit that I paid retail price for. Like the Foose truck or Caddy for instance. I have a million ideas for those chassis' and powertrains, but parting out a kit I paint $30 for is tough. 

Edited February 18, 2021 by Jantrix

[Modelbuilder Mark]

21 minutes ago, Jantrix said:

The hard part for me is the act of parting out a kit that I paid retail price for. Like the Foose truck or Caddy for instance. I have a million ideas for those chassis' and powertrains, but parting out a kit I paint $30 for is tough. 

Ahh, that is why you pick a few up at Hobby Lobby with the coupon, or when they are on 40% sale ?

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, Plowboy said:

What I enjoy most about it is I can make something no one else has or can buy. It's my creation, good, bad or ugly.

I agree!

That's part of the reason why I've really begun to enjoy heavily modifying and/or scratch building parts and assemblies, especially interiors.

I really get a lot of satisfaction knowing that some of the highly modified and scratch built vintage interiors that I've been undertaking lately, are completely unique and something that nobody else will have.

Although I have professed my willingness to offer up some of these parts for duplication if a good resin caster was interested.

So far, no takers.  

 

 

 

 

Steve

Edited February 18, 2021 by StevenGuthmiller

[Bucky]

Lately, I've bought some Dodge Viper kits to rob. A few late 80's Chevy pickup kits. A couple AMT '69 GTX for the chassis. And two or three AMT '67 Impala kits to maybe upgrade some MPC '68 and '69 Impalas.

So....yeah....I'm a kitbasher! 

[Plowboy]

1 hour ago, Jantrix said:

The hard part for me is the act of parting out a kit that I paid retail price for. Like the Foose truck or Caddy for instance. I have a million ideas for those chassis' and powertrains, but parting out a kit I paint $30 for is tough. 

Don't think about what you gave for it. Think about what you want to do with it. I'm currently putting everything but the body, wheels and tires from the Foose Caddy under a '49 Mercury. 

[magicmustang]

18 minutes ago, Plowboy said:

Don't think about what you gave for it. Think about what you want to do with it.  

We have a saying at our Model Car Club. "You will soon forget what you paid for it, but you will never forget you don't have one". 

[Snake45]

5 minutes ago, magicmustang said:

We have a saying at our Model Car Club. "You will soon forget what you paid for it, but you will never forget you don't have one". 

I LIKE that! 

I'm going to mentally file it next to another favorite: "When you buy the best, you only cry once." 

[Erik Smith]

No qualms at all from me. I buy kits for the wheels or even recently a transmission. Once you buy it, you aren't getting your money back, so use it as you see fit.

[stitchdup]

Does buying a kit you already have 2 of just for the bumpers I already have count? In my defence the 2 I already have are the esci releases of the escort rally car and my only reason for not raiding them for parts is they seem to sell for a lot on ebay so I'm sorta trying to keep them complete but they will get built. That reminds me, I've run out of tamiya bugs so will need to buy a few more soon

[Modelbuilder Mark]

2 hours ago, Plowboy said:

Don't think about what you gave for it. Think about what you want to do with it. I'm currently putting everything but the body, wheels and tires from the Foose Caddy under a '49 Mercury. 

I have been wanting  aset of those wheels/tires. if you have no plans for them, maybe we can trade some other kitbash fodder? ?

2 hours ago, magicmustang said:

We have a saying at our Model Car Club. "You will soon forget what you paid for it, but you will never forget you don't have one". 

Great saying..

[Plowboy]

4 hours ago, Modelbuilder Mark said:

I have been wanting  aset of those wheels/tires. if you have no plans for them, maybe we can trade some other kitbash fodder? ?

 

Haven't decided what I'm going to do with them yet. If I decide to let them go, I'll let you know.

[Richard Bartrop]

7 hours ago, Jantrix said:

The hard part for me is the act of parting out a kit that I paid retail price for. Like the Foose truck or Caddy for instance. I have a million ideas for those chassis' and powertrains, but parting out a kit I paint $30 for is tough. 

I get that.  I try to get donor kits with multiple options, so they can provide material for 2- other kits.

[slusher]

Went thru a few of these57 Corvette Street machines for. Wheels and tires and engines..They was real cheap at one time you still can find them cheap but shipping has went up..

 

 

 

[michelle]

i have been bitten by this bug  and it  has slowly  spread into my  car modeling  before it was limited to  just  making prop replicas for  cosplay  at comic cons which is what started me into  this hobby    and then    star trek and star wars ship models  and dioramas  but slowly it has  spread into  boat models and car models it  started with  trying to make  a concept car then moved onto  making replicas real south americam muscle cars    and now i am  trying  to replicate  hot wheels cars mainly from the highway 35   world race movie and acceleracers movies  but also thinking of  creating my own  generic hot wheels style cars with hot wheels  style names 

Edited February 20, 2021 by michelle

[Deuces ll]

7 hours ago, slusher said:

Went thru a few of these57 Corvette Street machines for. Wheels and tires and engines..They was real cheap at one time you still can find them cheap but shipping has went up..

 

 

 

I have a couple of these also.... I love the valve covers in this kit.... The intake is a nice high rise piece....

[Paul Payne]

There is the possibility a kitbasher could eventually come out even- all the parts used, nothing left over, no more parts stash- naaaaaaaaah!

[JollySipper]

I thought kit bashing was going on a couple threads down......

My first major kitbash was this that I built of my Dad's Charger. I used the chassis and engine bay from the AMT '71 and the body from the '73/'74 superCharger.

I've been at least changing wheels since........

[Greg Myers]

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I thought kit bashing was going on a couple threads down...... 

casey must be asleep 

[thomascoffey1959@gmail.com]

On 2/18/2021 at 5:18 PM, Modelbuilder Mark said:

I have been wanting  aset of those wheels/tires. if you have no plans for them, maybe we can trade some other kitbash fodder? ?

Great saying..

  I've got a set of those foose caddy wheels n tires i'll send u if u r still interested

[thomascoffey1959@gmail.com]

  " Those who can't scratch build, kitbash"

[Modelbuilder Mark]

7 hours ago, thomascoffey1959@gmail.com said:

  I've got a set of those foose caddy wheels n tires i'll send u if u r still interested

Yes, I like the wheel/tire set, maybe I have something you can use. Feel free to PM me with something that perhaps you are looking for. 

[thomascoffey1959@gmail.com]

    So , I've been thinkin, I'm fortunate I have a 25 year stash, and I save anything even remotely usable, and being a kit basher,,, well . Needless to say I have a lot of parts.  I've been thrashing through my parts boxes, gathering parts for a jalopy, a Mutt, a mishmash, a  hodgepodge of bits, and parts. Lets call it a decompression build, You know, to blow off steam after a uh, mishap. No plan, You can NOT, have a plan !  I've got a few Junk box builds on the shelf too, but that's whole other thing.  A 32 Chevy "vampire van chassis, I think an early 50s GM rear end , a front suspension and I beam  axle from an AMT 37 Chevy .Maybe an inline six from the REVELL 41 Chevy pick up. All these parts are leftover from other builds.    A set of big'n littles, ,white walls, BIG, FAT, WIDE WHITEWALLS ! A nice set of chromed steel wheels,,,,. There  is no way I could build the stuff I do without my stash of kits and parts. Every kit I've ever purchased has been with " the intent to build",,,,,, or use for parts.  I'd pick them up where ever I found them CHEAP. Another advantage I may have had, was driving for a living. I went all over this lower 48, visited hobby shops when ever and where ever I could to find that great deal. Any way, those days are long gone. I have to work with what I have, for the most part. I don't think there's any DANGER of me running out of kits or, for as long as I'm willing to hack into a perfectly good,, or even a great (?) kit , for a complete doner , or just a couple of bits n pieces.  I will  not be running low on parts. My stash of kits n parts , has no monetary value to me. I'm adding to the scarcity of those old Y-H mopar  and those EARLY AMT kits, so the price just went up.  I can justify ALMOST any behavior errrr, MODEL RELATED behavior that is.   Manic, I'm going back to the bench.     Oh yeah, and 32 Ford front fenders and running boards . 

[Tom Geiger]

Agreed! The Jeep I just finished was all from my parts box. With my run of Jeeps someone asked if I was Jeeped out at this point... but just last night I was wondering if my spare Dodge D50 / Mitsubishi chassis would fit under one...

[thomascoffey1959@gmail.com]

 NICE !  Do junk box builds qualify as restorations ? I've got at least three on the shelf that are built from junk box parts.  A closed cab model t pu, a maverick, and a 63 falcon.