Junk Pilot
Sr Member
I've been dying to ask this question for a while but what does everyone do with all the rest of the model kits you buy once you have cannabilsed all the SS parts from it?
Studio Scale Parts
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Jeff Herne
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Make resin copies of the parts, use those on the models, and put the plastic bits back in the box with the original. I have a hard time justifying buying three Sealabs just because I need parts for three models...but that's just me.
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swhite228
Well-Known Member
If you look hard enough you find that a lot of kit leftovers are used on other models from the same movie / tv show.
I've only had 1 model where almost the whole single kit is used, it was the AMT Silhouette which if you rearange the parts becomes a police car used on the old Thunderbirds tv show. It's also the only studio scale minature I've built that requires only 1 kit
I tend to build the kit if possible without the part(s) I used.
The Monogram B-29 is such a kit
If the kit cost a ton of money I cast the parts needed and then sell the kit after returning the original. Think Bandai Hummel or Otaka D51-101 which are over $100 each.
If the kit is used in a lot of models the parts are cast and the originals are placed in a "parts libary" to remake molds as needed. Think Airfix Saturn 5 or the 8rads.
ringa
Well-Known Member
I keep everything as stock for future kit bashing needs. I also make resin copies and I treat their molds like gold so they last long. Even while building my SD, when I make copies of a part I need multiples of, I will at the same time make molds of other interesting parts from the same kit that I can see using on future projects. My basement looks like a mini ILM model shop and studio.
MonsieurTox
Master Member
I use them on other SS models ! Then I discover I need more parts from those leftover kits that I already used so I buy them again and again ! :lol
Ain't that the truth!
Junk Pilot
Sr Member
I guess with the smaller, less rare kits, such as Hasegawa's 1/72 Sherman and the like it doesn't matter but when you get rare kit's like Aurora's Sealab you need to be careful with the kit.
morsesith21
Sr Member
i have an idea, you can all send me your extra parts so I can use them on my SD I'm building right now!!:lol.....It was worth a shot!
Actually on a more serious note, I did keep all the sprews from my kits and built a cool looking borg cube for my brother-in-law.
Actually on a more serious note, I did keep all the sprews from my kits and built a cool looking borg cube for my brother-in-law.
