grsjax Posted March 1, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 1, 2015 Was reading the latest installment of the kit bashers guide and started wondering what the strangest things people have used in building their models. I haven't used anything really exotic but a few things I have ended up using were wrapping paper, paper clips and buttons. Would like to hear what others have ended up using. CaptainSteve 1 Quote My advice and comments are always worth what you paid for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wq3296 Posted March 1, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 1, 2015 Greetings jarsjax, I used 9mm primers (from spent cartridges) to fashion running lights for my Charles P. Notman 4 masted schooner. wq3296 jud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadeusz43 Posted March 1, 2015 Share #3 Posted March 1, 2015 Brass hydraulic fittings machined with welded brass coins for made ship propeller hub. Tadeusz augie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted March 2, 2015 Share #4 Posted March 2, 2015 The broken tip of a fiberglass fishing rod made perfect turnbuckles for one of my models. Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty2008 Posted March 6, 2015 Share #5 Posted March 6, 2015 Truthfully anything within arms reach is at risk of going into one of my models, spent shells, old bolts, coins, toenail clippings.... Lextin. Quote "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug J Posted March 6, 2015 Share #6 Posted March 6, 2015 Some time ago I built a model of a huges 500 helicopter using one of the '' leggs egg'' that my wife's nylons came in. Used some model gate for the skits and an old peice from a broken fishing rod for the tail strut. my nephew was small at the time and talked me out of it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye2sea Posted March 6, 2015 Share #7 Posted March 6, 2015 Small bits of flesh and blood? cwboland, dafi, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Henry Laissez le bon temps rouler ! Current Build: Le Soleil Royal Completed Build: Amerigo Vespucci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwboland Posted March 6, 2015 Share #8 Posted March 6, 2015 Small bits of flesh and blood? Don't we all Popeye qwerty2008 1 Quote Carl Completed builds: AL Bluenose II 1:75 Gallery Amati Hannah SIB 1:300 Gallery Current Build: Bluenose II - SIB - unknown scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_W Posted March 6, 2015 Share #9 Posted March 6, 2015 Yes, I spent a bit of time wiping off blood from my pristine planking. I had a cut on my finger and did not even realize it until I saw all the blood! IgorSky 1 Quote Regards, Keith 2007 (completed): HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina 2013 (completed): Viking Ship Drakkar - Amati 2014 (completed): HMS Bounty Launch - Model Shipways Current: HMS Royal William - Euromodel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted March 6, 2015 Share #10 Posted March 6, 2015 I'm guessing you won't get too much weirder than the time I used Hair in a build ... IgorSky 1 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtosail Posted March 6, 2015 Share #11 Posted March 6, 2015 What about the guy (and it WASN'T me) who used his own urine to weather his copper plates. IgorSky and CaptainSteve 2 Quote - Tom - Current Build: Vanguard Speedy Completed: Vanguard Duchess of Kingston, Stove Project, Ships Wheel Project, NRG Capstan Project, Billings Half Moon, Dumas Chris Craft 1938 27' Triple Cockpit Barrel Back, Panart Santa Lucia , Model Shipways Constitution , MS Bounty Launch , HMS Beagle Member: Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted March 7, 2015 Share #12 Posted March 7, 2015 That was DEFINITELY weirder than my coconuts !! Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don9of11 Posted March 7, 2015 Share #13 Posted March 7, 2015 I used green auto pin striping instead of paint for my Bounty Launch. CaptainSteve, usedtosail, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Current project: Retired www.howefamily.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_W Posted March 7, 2015 Share #14 Posted March 7, 2015 Don that Bounty Launch of yours is beautiful. The colour you stained your wood looks like pear. May I ask what stain you are using? A link would be pretty helpful as well. Don9of11 1 Quote Regards, Keith 2007 (completed): HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina 2013 (completed): Viking Ship Drakkar - Amati 2014 (completed): HMS Bounty Launch - Model Shipways Current: HMS Royal William - Euromodel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockholm tar Posted March 7, 2015 Share #15 Posted March 7, 2015 I'm guessing you won't get too much weirder than the time I used Hair in a build ... As a French ex POW said to his wife two hundred years ago, on his return to France from Britain in 1815 – in French of course! Quote Kester Current builds: Sherbourne (Caldercraft) scale – 1/64th; Statsraad Lehmkuhl (half model) 1/8th" – 1'. Victory Bow Section (Panart/Mantua) scale – 1/78th (on hold). Previous build: Bluenose ll (Billings) scale – 1/100th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBlack Posted March 7, 2015 Share #16 Posted March 7, 2015 How about a couple of golf tees, hollowed out, for horns? usedtosail and CaptainSteve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don9of11 Posted March 8, 2015 Share #17 Posted March 8, 2015 Don that Bounty Launch of yours is beautiful. The colour you stained your wood looks like pear. May I ask what stain you are using? A link would be pretty helpful as well. Thank you Keith, I used Minwax Golden Oak #210B. The model shown is from Model Expo and the wood is basswood. I picked up a little can at my local hardware store. You can see the full line of Minwax products at http://www.minwax.com/wood-products/stains-color-guide/ I have build log at http://shipmodeling.net/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=1378 Hope that helps. Keith_W 1 Quote Current project: Retired www.howefamily.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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