The death of Scratch-building

[vettejack]

If you want to see some serious scratch-building, tune in to this thread:

Space Shuttle Launch Complex 39A with Challenger STS-6 (1:144)

Hello everybody, I’m Manfred from Germany and I’ve been a passionate model builder since my childhood, initially making models from paper kits, airplanes, helicopters, ships etc. Since my retirement I have been deeply involved in Real Space Modeling and in 2011 I started a long-term project in which I recreate the Space Shuttle Launch Pad 39A at the time of the first Challenger Mission (1983) STS-6, based on the legendary Revell Launch Tower Kit 4911 (1:144). Unfortunately, since this kit has…