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

[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...

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

[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]

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.

[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

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

Nice![:D]

[modelmaker51]

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

[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][^]

[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

[modelmaker51]

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

[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?

[timthechef]

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

[Texas Zepher]

Not enough time left to try it.

[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.

[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.

[timthechef]

I just want to get this back to the first page so we get more interest!

[rrandb]

How is the best way to attach the square card to the round can?? Is solder allowed when joining the ends of the can or can I spot weld them?? I may be over engineering this house./shanty I mean. I am so far behind I may never catch up!!! [D)] as always ENJOY

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: One quiestion really quick. I have no way to post a picture and I am not about to sign up for one of those photo bucket things. Can I just email them to you and have you post them?

James

If you want to e-mail it to me I will host it for you. I have about 6 gig of storage on my domain. I can e-mail you a link to use to post your picture. Just make sure and put something about railroading in the subject or it may not get past my spam blocker. [e-mail]

[Anonymous]

Well the cheating has begun! Quick someone E-Mail me an aluminum can!!!
Will

[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:

[Anonymous]

I think ill try and scratch something together...[:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ereimer
[we have a mystery here ... who the heck is Bob Woodrow ? FundyNorthern's real name is Bob Boudreau

I've been called this and many other misspellings too!

Bob Boudrot

[ereimer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern

You're not the boss of me!



Bob Woodrow

we have a mystery here ... who the heck is Bob Woodrow ? FundyNorthern's real name is Bob Boudreau

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeffers_mz
[
We're sorry, your structure scales out to 12 by 6 feet from the six foot man in your included photo,

Assumptions! Ha! He's not six feet tall, he's a "little person", only 4 feet tall!

So there!

BB

[jeffers_mz]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern

You're not the boss of me!



Bob Woodrow

We're sorry, your structure scales out to 12 by 6 feet from the six foot man in your included photo, 72 square feet, 8 over the alotted 64. For this crime, we are penalizing by the square foot, you are hereby assessed one spur end bumper and a realistic junkpile. We also accept major credit cards.

(Not a bad effort tho, not bad at all.;-)

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JohnT14808

Hmmmmm.....Boy...I kinda wish Bob hadn't put that photo out there. That's a good lookin' shanty. Now I can't think of any other shape but that one......maybe I'll go two storied.....

FYI the shanty model in my photo was made ages ago, was mounted on a diorama then recycled into my latest pair of modules. It was scratchbuilt using plans in a Model Railroader softcover book that came out decades ago, I don't recall the title and I've got so many books it would take me some time to find it.

I just posted the photo as an inspiration!

Bob Boudreau

[Anonymous]

hey Jack,

One quiestion really quick. I have no way to post a picture and I am not about to sign up for one of those photo bucket things. Can I just email them to you and have you post them?

James

[tangerine-jack]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rick bonfiglio

is there a penalty for unilaterally adjusting the rules?

No, I guess not. If everyone agrees it's ok with me. I'm just trying to keep it as much in the creativity realm as I can, you know, trying to separate what can be store bought from what real talent and imagination can produce. What's in your head? That's what this is about. You got a bunch of index cards and an aluminum can- make a shanty, zero budget, everyone equal.

I suck at scratchbuilding too, but if we never pu***he envelope, then we never know how far we can go.

[JohnT14808]

Hmmmmm.....Boy...I kinda wish Bob hadn't put that photo out there. That's a good lookin' shanty. Now I can't think of any other shape but that one......maybe I'll go two storied.....