01-10-2011, 06:42 PM
Yes, that is entirely possible ... and could be done with a bit of work.
However, it would only be a worthwhile exercise if you wanted multiples of that individual vehicle for PERSONAL USE !
Back in the early seventies, there was an enterprising young man who did exactly that. He made molds of someone else's cast parts, made his own castings from those molds, and marketed kits under the name "Paige Enterprises." His kits were considerably cheaper than most "Craftsman-style" kit of the time. Great for him, right? Not really.
The pieces he chose to pull his own molds from were the soft metal cast detail parts produced by Scale Structures Limited, at more than a little expense, no doubt. Now admittedly, their parts were of a higher quality, as theirs were cast in "production" molds, made from patterns that, I'm fairly sure, were not cheap. They took humbrage at having their parts so brazenly "knocked off," and filed criminal charges. I tried my best to follow the case in the hobby industry press, being a hobby shop manager at the time.
To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Paige paid for his "Enterprise" with both money and time. 8-)
However, it would only be a worthwhile exercise if you wanted multiples of that individual vehicle for PERSONAL USE !
Back in the early seventies, there was an enterprising young man who did exactly that. He made molds of someone else's cast parts, made his own castings from those molds, and marketed kits under the name "Paige Enterprises." His kits were considerably cheaper than most "Craftsman-style" kit of the time. Great for him, right? Not really.
The pieces he chose to pull his own molds from were the soft metal cast detail parts produced by Scale Structures Limited, at more than a little expense, no doubt. Now admittedly, their parts were of a higher quality, as theirs were cast in "production" molds, made from patterns that, I'm fairly sure, were not cheap. They took humbrage at having their parts so brazenly "knocked off," and filed criminal charges. I tried my best to follow the case in the hobby industry press, being a hobby shop manager at the time.
To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Paige paid for his "Enterprise" with both money and time. 8-)
biL
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln