Just an idea.... challenging though...

During my searching on the internet, I found a few interesting planes (actually just designs from Luft46) of which are no kits available.

I have no idea of what I’m getting myself into, how long it will take, if I’m ever going to succeed, but I want to make one of those cool Luft 46-planes fully scratchbuild, I was planning to do this for the Paper airplanes GB.

However, as I know that there not many of us trying to do a scratchbuild for a complete model I thought this just might be an idea for a GB.

Anybody interested ???

My idea :

Any subject
Any scale
At least 90% from scratch (instrumentpannels, wheels, seats, canopies… can be kitbashed)
Open Ended

Won’t be able to start anytime soon, but it’s a great subject for a GB.

Starting date has by for not been determined, Dominique, and by looks of the replies, I doubt if many of our distinguished colleagues feel up to the challenge.

You crazy, but I like the way you think.

But, Cooper, how do you measure out 90% non-scratchbuilt parts. Is it done by the measurement of the piece, or by 1 out of ten pieces of the model non-scracthbuilt? Could I build almost thee entire body out of another kit, or is it only small, detail parts?
Depending on the rules, I could be game, but it would be my first scratch-build.

That 90% is only to indicate that most of the model needs to be scratchbuild.
So as an answer to your question ; No you could not build-up the body from other kits, only details and (if applicable) the interior, wheel wells, wheels, l/c etc…
Don’t worry about it being your first s/c, I have recently started my first one too, you can see it at…
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=34560