Re: Minatures

> 
> Someone wrote:
> >	What are some good materials for scratch-building? I've been
> >tempted to try my hand at it, but most of my inspiration has been to
> >raid aircraft models for their missiles, fuel pods, etc.
> 
Old (small) neon lamps make nice tankers. I bought couple of fuel 
trucks, converted them to ordinary trucks (for use with Command 
Decision), and used the fuel tanks to build a tanker. The engine section

is the Micro Machine Borg ship... (Shh.. It's in disguise...). It looks 
nice unpainted, with the name "Texaco" on it's side and the flammable 
material symbol visible...
I also made a fleet carrier from the extra cover of a protable CD
player.
My escort carrier is a combination of a Romulan ship and Macross (The
two 
halves of Macross were glued over and under the Romulan ship ,and the 
gaps filled with all sorts of junk).
	I'm also currently working on a fleet of TIE-fighters made from 
pins and hexagon-shaped pieces of paper... Howabout the Death Star II 
scenario with 200 TIEs? :)
	Of course, a lot depends on the scale you use. The biggest ship 
in my fleet is a Star Destroyer which is something like 16 inches long. 
If you stick to the smaller ships, it's much easier to find small items 
that make a ship without any conversion. The bigger the ships get, the 
more work they require.