| Year | 2011 |
| Date | 06-May |
| Volume | 206 |
| Issue | 4,403 |
| Page | 596 |
| Category | General |
| Part | |
| Title | Why kits come up to scratch |
| Author | Marcus Bowman |
| Notes | Looks at the benefits of building models from kits. A typical workshop project, early radio kit, locomotive chassis from Maxitrak, Li'l Jo, 14 ton tank wagon from Hewson, 5"g. Britannia by George Meldon at Urmston DMES, benefits of scratch building, Gauge 1 Britannia parts from Model Engineer's Laser, semi-scratch, it's a continuum, Simplex tank, developments in modelling, my own example, effort is a good measure, effort is not the only measure, comparing like with like |