Kitbashing on the Western Hoosic Division
Lou SassiLou Sassi does kitbashing on his Western Hoosic Division model railroad. He enjoys it more than building kits from the instructions because it frees him to be able to do what he wants with the kit. He has built a number of kits according to the instructions primarily for kit reviews and product reviews for model railroading. Although building a kit according to instructions can be enjoyable, it doesn’t give him the freedom he has when he kitbashes.
When kitbashing he can make a structure, he can expand a structure, and he can shrink a structure. Shrinking a structure enables Lou to fit it to a location to deal better with the contours the structure will be placed on. Overall, kitbashing just makes it a lot more fun and easy for him. For more on kitbashing railroad structures or kitbashing a building, visit the Model Railroad Academy website.
What about kitbashing? Do you do the kitbashing? Yeah, I do the kitbashing. I enjoy kitbashing I think almost more than building kits from the instructions. Why is that?
Well, it frees you to do what you want to do with the kit. If you build a kit according to instructions, I have built a number of kits according to instructions, primarily for kit reviews, product reviews for Model Railroader. Although it's enjoyable, it doesn't give you the freedom you have when you kitbash. You can make a structure. You can expand that structure.
You can shrink a structure to fit a location. You can deal better with the contours of the land that the structure is going to be placed on. Mm-hmm. It just makes it a lot easier for you.
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