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Make SF Models from Aspirin bottles etc.

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z - 16 Jun 2006 14:52 GMT
Entirely cool:
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haroldmcpherson@msn.com - 16 Jun 2006 15:05 GMT
> Entirely cool:
> <http://lyzrdstomp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=86>

Been there done that.  We called it "Trashbashing"  If anyone has the
Spring 1982 Finescale Modeler,look at my article "Trashbashing A
Starship"

Yes we were doing this in 1982.

Anyone remember Trashbashers Interplanetary?  We had newsletters for a
while and while we are in semi-retirement we still Trashbash.
Remember:  IN SPACE NO ONE WILL NOTICE YOUR SEAMS-FILLED OR NO .There
is a lot of junk out there,Have Fun Building!
kim - 16 Jun 2006 15:25 GMT
> > Entirely cool:

<http://lyzrdstomp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=
86>

> Been there done that.  We called it "Trashbashing"  If anyone has the
> Spring 1982 Finescale Modeler,look at my article "Trashbashing A
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> Remember:  IN SPACE NO ONE WILL NOTICE YOUR SEAMS-FILLED OR NO .There
> is a lot of junk out there,Have Fun Building!

Yep, you can even make a Doctor Who Tardis out of an old orange juice
carton. Here's one I made earlier:-

http://tinyurl.com/kf7p7

(kim)
Enzo Matrix - 16 Jun 2006 17:19 GMT
>>> Entirely cool:

<http://lyzrdstomp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=
> 86>
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> http://tinyurl.com/kf7p7

If you are willing to portray the Tardis from the time period before the
chameleon circuit stopped working, you don't have to do anything at all to
the orange juice carton!  :-D

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Enzo

I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

haroldmcpherson@msn.com - 16 Jun 2006 20:22 GMT
> >>> Entirely cool:
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> I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

So that's where i went wrong.  You're supposed to take the o.j . OUT
first.  Oy.  :>)
haroldmcpherson@msn.com - 16 Jun 2006 20:17 GMT
> > Entirely cool:
> > <http://lyzrdstomp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=86>
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> Remember:  IN SPACE NO ONE WILL NOTICE YOUR SEAMS-FILLED OR NOT .There
> is a lot of junk out there,Have Fun Building!

CORRECTION:

It was the Spring 1983 issue of FineScale.  Sorry 'bout that too many
glue fumes I guess.  Speaking of that you would not believe some of the
adhesives i have used to make dissimilar plastics stay together.
But or trashbashing started around 1980 or so.
crw59@earthlink.net - 22 Jun 2006 16:22 GMT
oh great, now we can mix garbage with all the unbuilt kits, spare parts
we have in storage.....

Craig

> > Entirely cool:
> > <http://lyzrdstomp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=86>
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> Remember:  IN SPACE NO ONE WILL NOTICE YOUR SEAMS-FILLED OR NO .There
> is a lot of junk out there,Have Fun Building!
Paul & Victoria Heisner - 27 Jul 2006 21:37 GMT
Bill Hicks predicted that on 22 Jun 2006 08:22:23 -0700,
crw59@earthlink.net would write:

>oh great, now we can mix garbage with all the unbuilt kits, spare parts
>we have in storage.....
>
>Craig

Why not?  I do.  I have always called it "spare part model building".
I have been doing it since around 1980 when I was in HS.  In fact, I
prefer to build a spare part model to a regular one.  Don't get me
wrong, I still like to build regular models, but I am curious as to
what I will end up with.  My wife builds rocket and RCM, we have a
room in our house set up with 2 wood model benches we build and put
opposite each other (back to back) with shelves on the walls.  

My desk is scattered with my current model, started with a large
mouthwash bottle,  and various parts from computers, iv kits (from
when my wife was in the hospital), when she changes her infusion set
(she is a diabetic on an insulin pump) I scavenge the parts and
tubing, I have on the wall one of those multi-small drawer cabinets
mostly filled with small stuff (used primers, parts from her sets,
small spark plugs etc.).

I have always enjoyed seeing what I can come up with.  I feel it takes
a bit more to figure out what goes good with what in order to try to
come up with a decent looking model.  But that's just me....;>

>> Been there done that.  We called it "Trashbashing"  If anyone has the
>> Spring 1982 Finescale Modeler,look at my article "Trashbashing A
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>> Remember:  IN SPACE NO ONE WILL NOTICE YOUR SEAMS-FILLED OR NO .There
>> is a lot of junk out there,Have Fun Building!

A lot of good junk for building, if you have a good imagination!

Have Fun All!!

Paul C. Heisner
Stephen Tontoni - 16 Jun 2006 15:29 GMT
> Entirely cool:
> <http://lyzrdstomp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=86

Yes, next time you're getting a new printer or something like that, take
apart the old one for the electronic components. I ripped apart my old
cordless phone when in bit the dust; it has  ton of microswitches and
little lights in addition to the electronic busyness. It makes for great
sci-fi doo dads!

--- Tontoni
Count DeMoney - 16 Jun 2006 17:44 GMT
I can't imagine having that much time on my hands.  Envy abounds.......
Oh well, back to work (:>
z - 19 Jun 2006 16:45 GMT
> > Entirely cool:
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> --- Tontoni

Taking apart my old printer is usually what leads to getting a new
printer....
kim - 20 Jun 2006 04:12 GMT
> > > Entirely cool:

<http://lyzrdstomp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=
86

> > Yes, next time you're getting a new printer or something like that, take
> > apart the old one for the electronic components. I ripped apart my old
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> Taking apart my old printer is usually what leads to getting a new
> printer....

Yunno, everytime I reassemble my PC I have some parts left over. Pretty soon
I'll have enough parts to build a new PC.

(kim)
e - 20 Jun 2006 04:45 GMT
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>(kim)

if you need more parts, i have a roomfull.
Mad-Modeller - 20 Jun 2006 05:42 GMT
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> if you need more parts, i have a roomfull.

Izzat all?  I have them in the basement, in the garage and in one room
upstairs.  And they aren't even mine. :(

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
e - 20 Jun 2006 15:17 GMT
>> In article <A-2dnaiXmtsS-grZRVnygQ@giganews.com>, "kim" <ntscuser@aol.com>
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>Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

i scrapped a 60' trailer's worth last year. it's grown half
way back.
Mad-Modeller - 21 Jun 2006 05:28 GMT
There's an outfit that advertises cleaning out your 'junk'.  I'm
beginning to fantasise about calling them. ;)

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
Peter W. - 22 Jun 2006 07:29 GMT
> There's an outfit that advertises cleaning out your 'junk'.  I'm
> beginning to fantasise about calling them. ;)
>
> Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
But remember: *You* have to pay them to take your stuff away.  If you
keep it, it's free!
:-)
And there is always eBay. You'll be surprised what pople will buy.
Peteski
Mad-Modeller - 24 Jun 2006 21:48 GMT
> > There's an outfit that advertises cleaning out your 'junk'.  I'm
> > beginning to fantasise about calling them. ;)
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> And there is always eBay. You'll be surprised what pople will buy.
> Peteski

Yes, I'm frequently surprised.  I don't think of my models as being
expertly built but some people go hog wild to buy them.  Oh well, it
makes up for how little they want to pay for the kits.

Now as to the junk in the garage, basement, etc. it belongs to the son.
I wish he would put it on E-bay so it would leave.  The car hasn't seen
the inside of the garage in years.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
 
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