2.2 ) Conversion

Altering a model kit into a specific variant (some modelers also call this method Kit Bashing). Differences between Conversion versus Scratch-Built techniques are in the customization effort, with the latter requiring more. Both techniques are utilized when a particular model is not produced by manufacturers or after-market products.

Example 1 : TAMIYA 1.35th Horch personnel carrier, converted to a 2cm FLAK platform by mating the gun platform from a 1.35th ESCI Demag anti-aircraft halftrack.

Example 1 : TAMIYA 1.35th armored jeep, Vietnam mid-1960s, convoy escort in the Central Highlands. Armored plates and dual M60 machine gun mount were custom-built.

Example 2: 1.35th AMT Yugoslav Federal Forces BMP-1 armor personnel, mid-1990s, Balkan War. Soviet-made 1.35th DML DhsK heavy machine gun custom mounted on turret for anti-personnel, soft-skin vehicles, low-level anti-aircraft engagements.

1.35th German Panzergrenadier vignette, Base made from plastic bottle caps. Figured modified from TAMIYA 2cm FLAK38 crewman.

German Me-163 rocket figther with 28cm aerial rockets underneath its fuselage to disperse US bomber formations.

"Judge Anderson" vinyl model conversion. Plaster filled the interior mold to retain its shape.

Colonial Marines APC conversion from the movie "Aliens". Surface details were created from the spare parts bin.