big mole scratchbuild

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Stunning work Barrie , modelling in the truest sense , keep it up , cant wait to see what you come up with next , cheers tony

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Amazing, great work and great subject. This looks fantastic and will be great on display

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That is astounding and nothing less, made from a compass and a rule you say, that makes it all the more impressive, a true modeler I wish I had half the skill of people like you, as I said nothing less than outstanding.

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That is astounding and nothing less, made from a compass and a rule you say, that makes it all the more impressive, a true modeler I wish I had half the skill of people like you, as I said nothing less than outstanding.

Hello Mr Kpnuts,


great name by the way, YES you to could do this, just cutting out circles and cutting straight lines,its not as hard as everyone makes out after all its just a kit made of parts, the only thing is you have to make the parts. The trick is to break each part of the model down into small bits most things or round square oblong etc, then make up a lot of little bits stick them together and HEY PRESTO a model is born. here are a few images of what I mean this was the willys jeep I made a few years ago from flat sheet. I hope this will inspire you


regards Barrie ( the old guy )

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Name comes from my biking days when I was a nutter, I would do anything on a bike, my initials were k p so my mates just added nuts to the end, the real name is ken by the way. That jeep looks awesome too, I still don't think I could do it.

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I look at the builds on this forum, and think in twenty years i might be good enough.


I look at your work baz and i think, i could sell my soul to lucifer, my kidneys to the nhs, and my body to science and still not have a hope in hell of managing anything like this!


Utterly astonished i am! This is skill.

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That really is an amazing piece of work Barrie......... You have the mole "spot on". Superb job.

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Great work Barrie I love scratchbuilding and converting I have built a few models that there is no chance of seeing in kit form mainly rail guns.


As you say it is not diffucult but you need a lot of patience and a certain amount of skill which you have in abundance.


Fantastic work.

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Name comes from my biking days when I was a nutter, I would do anything on a bike, my initials were k p so my mates just added nuts to the end, the real name is ken by the way. That jeep looks awesome too, I still don't think I could do it.

Hello Ken,


YES you could just simple cuts I guess the bit that some people have a job getting their head around is how to break down the shape into simple bits, I must just have a simple mind well that what partner Carol says.


just pick a subject break down into small bits and give it a go.


regards Barrie ( the old guy )

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Hello Monica
well I do it because I love doing it, looking at a subject then breaking it down into easy pieces then making all the small parts then sticking it all together, most of the shapes are boxes (long or short ) tubes and cones. everyone thinks its hard to do but I assure you I have no fancy work tools and I just try to break things down into simple bits. The wheels on the mole are just circles then a width piece added then an edge part the small slices of hexagon rod for bolts the centre is a warm up piece of plastic held over a humbrol tin lid then the handle of a round file pushed into it to form the dome easy. here are some more build up images which may show there is nothing technical just cutting straight and glue everything together. the main body of the mole is just big tubes stuck together. I hope this helps give it a go just build what ever you want, the principal applies to everything.


best regards Barrie ( the old guy )

Absolutely Amazing! Saying what you've achieved is not hard would be like Norman Rockwell saying "just slap some paint about until it looks like this o_O" Bravo!...............Jim

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Absolutely Amazing! Saying what you've achieved is not hard would be like Norman Rockwell saying "just slap some paint about until it looks like this o_O" Bravo!...............Jim

Hello Jim


thank you for your comments, what people think always tends to inspire me to create even better models, as I have explianed to Monica and others its not as hard as you think just breal down the item you want to build into little bits build all the little bits one by one and then bung the lot together...a model is born. give it a go we should have a site scratch build event maybe some time in the future.


take care regards Barrie ( the old guy )