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This is a great topic, and really shows some truly good scratch building skills and ideas. It is nice to see that so many of our customers are so innovative. Keep up the great work!

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Building buildings from scratch

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Before I decided to go to bed last night,I checked out the paperterrain thread. I had an idea about making my own buildings. So an hour later I have this. Its just a simple factory that may be used just about anywhere,anytime frame. I did it using excel exclusively.
The printed images are cut out,then placed over sheet styrene,then brushed with liquid model cement. After it is dry (a minute or so) it is then cut out with scissors. The pieces are then glued corner first on the right angle of a square. The two squared halves are glued then the roofs. Touch up paint for the joints. Total time 1 hour approximate from conception of idea...
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Building buildings from scratch

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Before I decided to go to bed last night,I checked out the paperterrain thread. I had an idea about making my own buildings. So an hour later I have this. Its just a simple factory that may be used just about anywhere,anytime frame. I did it using excel exclusively.
The printed images are cut out,then placed over sheet styrene,then brushed with liquid model cement. After it is dry (a minute or so) it is then cut out with scissors. The pieces are then glued corner first on the right angle of a square. The two squared halves are glued then the roofs. Touch up paint for the joints. Total time 1 hour approximate from conception of idea...
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Another pic.

Scratch built anti-tank ditch sections. Each measures 1" x 2 1/2" long. GHQ Shermans.
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Time for another...

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How come no one in my area has these nice tables and figures for me to mooch off?! :D

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Post by sfcgreg29er »

PING WITH A PIC :D

Just got back from a Brigade Command and Battle Staff Training exercise. My combat arms friends didn't do so well assaulting their objective, but my CSS BN did pretty well. We were able to defend the BSA agaisnt numerous truck bombs that tried to get past our concertina wire and 50 cal machine guns!

Speaking of concertina...check out my scratch built stuff. Bunker is from Old Dominion Games. I don't think its manufactured anymore. The object to the right is scratchbuilt foxholes.

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give me only one "ping"

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Post by Thunder »

sfcgreg29er, I like the barbed wire. I've got some really narrowe gague wire and am going to try and make some like that. I assume you can wrap it around a narrow, smooth nail and slide it off. If it turns out well, I'll post here.

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Did anyone else play this game back in the late 80'2 early 90's? I know it's a little outdated now but i always liked their version of what the T90 and M1A2 would look like. The t90 had a really long, low hull with a t80 turret on it. The M1A2 had an automated turret for the main gun, looked like a cross between the new LAV MGS and an elephant. I have thought about trying to scratch build a couple of these just for fun. Has anyone else tried these or other T2000 conversions?

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Post by jb »

better give this the old BAMMAROONI!!! :o
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Post by rdenman62 »

some beautiful stuff here.....you all do really good work,,,,maybe I'll post some pics of my scratch built stuff in a week or so,,,,,,
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