nikki Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hi all! What EXACTLY is kit bashing? How is it done? What have you done? thanks n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless1 Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Kitbashing = taking the parts of one or more kits and adding, deleting, or combining parts to get a unique result. My best personal example isn't from a Greenleaf kit (ducks). I bought the RGT Victorian Cottage Jr. to be a bakery with small apartment above. The kit offers very deep rooms on a small footprint (which is why I bought it) but the head space on the upper floor turned out to limit how much furniture would fit up there. I wanted to add an extension, but how to match the premilled siding? (This RGT line uses 3/8" MDF (like particle board, but smoother) with the siding cut right into the board.) So I got this kit and persuaded my father, the Man with Power Tools, to do some clever cutting so that the combined result is this: (It's not done because I'm repainting it pale yellow and dithering about the window colors.) Greenleaf kits are way easier to kitbash, since you can cut the wood with a sharp craft knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 ahhhhhh! I see! ok! Thank you so much calamari. I hear (read) everyone chatting about kit bashing, and really didn't know exactly what they were referring to. Now I know! You always come to the rescue! Thanks again! n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydroped Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 HI Nikki, Somewhere I have photos of my first kitbash (which still isn't finished ) but what I did is take the spiral staircase which I thought looked awefully flimsy and had no hand rail <I'm a firm believer in handrails even for my dolls lol> - wrapped it in wood, then in paperclay and turned it into a stone staircase - then I cut out the area that was supposed to have a bay window so I could install a huge beam hearth - the hearth is the part I haven't finnished yet. I didn't like all the gingerbread trim the house came with so making it stoney and adding the big hearth I'm making into a house for a witch or wizard. Bashing is lots of fun - and I really like that you don't have to just color inside the lines - so to speak. You can take a kit, change it and make it specifically yours, not just in paint and paper choices but in house construction and make a standard kit absolutely unique! -David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Oh, pretty cool! It's like being a builder! hehe, making it personal by adding little details like that that add so much to the house.. n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPCullen Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 My best personal one is the Emerson Row, where we added 3 inches to the bottom of the house and then changed the interior walls, deleted staircases, and turned it into two separate townhouses/apartments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Wow, Very cool.. I can't wait 'till I'm that "Experienced" Do you have pictures Linda?! n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllThingsMini Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 My Gothic Villa was supposed to be a kit-bash of the RGT Thornhill, but its ending up being more of a custom-build than anything. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPCullen Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Wow, Very cool.. I can't wait 'till I'm that "Experienced" Do you have pictures Linda?! n <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep, Nikki. Sure do, right here: http://community.webshots.com/album/346400139rWXzgj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judithfa Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 AND kit-bashing is a lot of fun. You can really personalize things and let your imagination run free. AND scratch-building is even MORE fun! I find 3/8" plywood kits the easiest to bash and use that plywood for scratch-building. I bash everything and sometimes end up in a lot of trouble , but it always works out in the end! You don't need a lot of experience -- I bashed the first dollhouse kit I bought (the "Orginal Rowbottom Manse on irismarch website) -- just have a dream. Try it -- you'll be hooked! ;) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllThingsMini Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Try it -- you'll be hooked! B) That's an understatement. :o I'm obsessed with building from scratch now. The only way I see myself building another kit is if it's a gift for someone else because usually time is a factor. Scratch builds, in my opinion, take much longer than just assembling a kit per the directions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki Posted June 24, 2005 Author Share Posted June 24, 2005 Well, I better get through a few kits first! :o I wouldn't even know where to begin! HA! But one day, I wil be a fellow basher! n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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