2.3 ) Scratch Built

Extensive reworking of an existing kit into a variant or totally different model. Complication of technique is one level above a Model Conversion. Some modelers call this method "Kit Bashing" since parts from multiple kits are used.

Example 1 : TAMIYA 1.35th-scale Horsh command car mated to a FLAK30 gun platform of a ESCI 1.35th-scale DEMAG halftrack. Hulls had to be trimmed to fit the rear deck. Spare gun carriage converted to ammunition trailer.

Example 2 : Panzer IV tank hull and suspension from TAMIYA 1.35th Mobelwagen anti-aircraft platform, converted to Jadgpanzer tank-hunter. Sloping superstructure cut from plastic sheet styrene, infra-red search lights scratch-built from spare kit parts.

Example 3 : Super-detailing of a German Stug III assault gun after massive internal explosion of its ammunition store, blowing out the top hull and engine covers.

Example 4: German Panzerzug armored train used during partisan sweeps, counter ambushes and keep the rail logistic open. Most operated in Eastern Europe and Balkan areas.

1.35th ammunition trailer made from spare road wheels, plastic styrene, paint bristles and other spare parts.

Ammunition trailer after painting and weathering. Pick and axe came from 1.35th TAMIYA German SdKfz 232 8-rad armored car kit.

Photo of a late-war German Panzerzug armored train after captured by Allied forces.

German Panzerzug armored train compartment scratch-built with plastic styrene.

Panzerzug was of late-war design, built from line schematics. Panzer IV turrets with Schurzen armor skirts taken from TAMIYA, DRAGON, or ITALERI model kits.

Completed model awaiting final painting, detailing and weathering.