T-Jack's scratchbuilding challenge- for the daring only!

[ChessieFan13]

OK.............my intrrest is sparked...........the GAME IS ON..................I suck at scratch building but I want to try..............sooooooooooo For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George...........................j.w.

[Anonymous]

You would want to have a very big prize to make me wanto post a photo of my cardboard shack with tin can water tank.

[Texas Zepher]

Not enough time left to try it.

[timthechef]

As you can see from my other post, I'm in this...
Let's see some more....

[Anonymous]

Seeing Tim's pictures I know I'm not going to win... But thats Ok. Cards and a tin can only for the building but can we put bushes and a path around outside the building?

[modelmaker51]

1 aluminium can, 1 3x5 index card. G-Scale.
Do I win?

[bryanbell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelmaker51



1 aluminium can, 1 3x5 index card. G-Scale.
Do I win?

LOL
You can call off the contest cause we have a winner!!
I think I just threw out a 12-pack of shanty's from this weekend.
hahaha

Bryan

[cheese3]

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelmaker51



1 aluminium can, 1 3x5 index card. G-Scale.
Do I win?

its good but it doesn't meet the space requirement[:p][:D][^]

[modelmaker51]

Well, this was my 6th attempt! [8D]

[cheese3]

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelmaker51

Well, this was my 6th attempt! [8D]

Nice![:D]

[modelmaker51]

QUOTE: its good but it doesn't meet the space requirement

It most certainly does, it's only 6 feet in diameter in G-Scale!

[cheese3]

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelmaker51

QUOTE: its good but it doesn't meet the space requirement

It most certainly does, it's only 6 feet in diameter in G-Scale!

oops my bad, i was thinking it had to be 8 scale ft x 8 scale ft square. your right. That isn't really all that bad of an idea, you could actually make a decent shack out of a can and an index card.

[timthechef]

My shack is only about an inch square so the only use for the can is to hold my drink while working on it!

[cheese3]

ok im startin' late in the "contest" but its too good of a modeling experiance to pass up. I am starting work now...

[HoosierDaddy]

I built one in HO scale Saturday, but I have to get a photo of it to post. I only used index cards, no aluminum can at all. I also used a bit of discarded plastic sprue to make a chimney for the stove. I'm just breaking the rules right and left. Watch out, I'm a renegade.

HD

[cheese3]

ok mines almost finished, it just needs a little guy, its HO scale i used 1 index card, no cans, colored pencils and a crayon to color it each side is seven and a half feet long and it is about one and a half inches tall...

[ereimer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelmaker51



1 aluminium can, 1 3x5 index card. G-Scale.
Do I win?

sweet ! you ought to put an ad in MR selling kits . i'll be your first employee , my job will be emptying the cans (assuming it's a beer can)
[:D]

[Anonymous]

What a riot! I'm splitting my sides laughing as I read this.

Thanks Guys,
Trevor

[modelmaker51]

ereimer, you're hired.

...now I've got to get back to work on my all-aluminium tool shed and I've still got 2 cans to go! [:P][;)][:D]

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ereimer

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelmaker51



1 aluminium can, 1 3x5 index card. G-Scale.
Do I win?

sweet ! you ought to put an ad in MR selling kits . i'll be your first employee , my job will be emptying the cans (assuming it's a beer can)
[:D]

I think we have a winner.[:D]

[timthechef]

Mine is getting close to being done. I have put siding on it. Door and window frames, rolled roof, and I even made a stove pipe by rolling a small piece of notecard around a tooth pick and glued the seam. Then I made the cone by using a hole punch then slicing halfway into the circle punchout and rolled it into a cone. I'm working on rafters under the roof. I'll post pictures when it is painted.

[timthechef]

Ok, it's turning out too well. I just have to post a picture

[modelmaker51]

QUOTE: Originally posted by timthechef

Ok, it's turning out too well. I just have to post a picture

O.K. you win.[:)]

[timthechef]

Oh no, you don't get off that easy! Let's see some more entries!!!

[cheese3]

QUOTE: Originally posted by timthechef

Ok, it's turning out too well. I just have to post a picture

Thats some fine work, i am going to build another one and try to make it look that good!

[tangerine-jack]

Sorry I've been away for a while (work you know!). So far the entries look great! Mine humble attempt will be done this evening.

I ought to have mentioned that the first place winner gets to buy each us a new Challenger in whatever scale we model.[:D]

[timthechef]

Well I'm adding one more detail and then it's off to paint!

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Eddie_walters

OK, so it doesn't match any of the rules, other than being scratchbuilt, but this is my project that I started yesterday:

Wow Eddie...That looks a lot like...This!

[:D][:D]

That is almost the same as the one in Sykesville.[^] Just different windows.

[HoosierDaddy]

Here is my submission. Now keep in mind that I have never scratchbuilt anything before. Actually, I haven't even put a building kit together yet. But somehow, I felt the overwhelming urge do participate in this project. It is 1" square and about 1 1/4" tall. It was brush painted with acrylics and weathered with a very dilute wash of black acrylic. It was, I think, a good way to crack the barrier, and actually start building structures. Enjoy. Sorry for the picture quality.

[cheese3]

Nice work HoosierDaddy!!!!!!