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Topic	Posts	Last Post
What a Pile of Junk	5	31 Jan 2023 4:43 p.m. PST
what should I build? A pile of scrap foamboard	8	30 Jan 2023 3:01 p.m. PST
Scratchbuild: Columbus Monument, Barcelona	3	13 Jan 2023 1:06 p.m. PST
The Great Hobby Retrospective 2022	2	09 Jan 2023 5:59 a.m. PST
So SWMBO asks ...	10	05 Jan 2023 5:49 a.m. PST
17th Century Dutch Row Buildings (15mm scale)	8	24 Dec 2022 12:15 p.m. PST
Couple New Tech Bazaar Machinery Pieces	3	12 Dec 2022 1:05 p.m. PST
More Tech Bazaar Machinery	6	06 Dec 2022 4:33 p.m. PST
Sci Fi Modular Longhouses	9	25 Nov 2022 3:35 a.m. PST
Light galley	5	05 Nov 2022 1:36 p.m. PST
#Orktober (Belatedly) - Da Black Ork Cav	1	04 Nov 2022 2:53 p.m. PST
Junk build spectacular! Steampunk/ Fantasy Gunship	6	11 Oct 2022 11:22 a.m. PST
Star Wars homes	4	30 Sep 2022 4:59 p.m. PST
Large model Star Wars	4	25 Sep 2022 2:21 p.m. PST
Star Wars model	2	20 Sep 2022 2:42 p.m. PST
A model for that desert planet.	7	20 Sep 2022 1:22 p.m. PST
Star Wars little buildings	4	20 Sep 2022 1:20 p.m. PST
Another for Star Wars	3	20 Sep 2022 8:50 a.m. PST
Star wars building	1	19 Sep 2022 4:44 p.m. PST
A tower for a Star wars game.	9	19 Sep 2022 10:01 a.m. PST
The Fawcett-Fairchild FV1066 Ambulatory Weapons Platform	4	08 Sep 2022 11:31 a.m. PST
Commissioning Terrain/Wargame Boards	8	03 Sep 2022 3:06 p.m. PST
Trash Bash Sci-Fi Fuel Drum	7	18 Aug 2022 7:22 p.m. PST
Short update and some painted X-Wing minis	1	17 Aug 2022 12:07 p.m. PST
Under Golgothan Spires	4	12 Aug 2022 3:48 p.m. PST
28mm Stone Barn & Stables	7	08 Aug 2022 8:48 a.m. PST
28mm Sail Boat	11	07 Aug 2022 4:36 p.m. PST
Trash Bash Monowheel Cycle FINISHED	6	02 Aug 2022 9:08 a.m. PST
A Certain Form Of Madness	9	19 Jul 2022 8:58 p.m. PST
The 10th (The Duke of Cambridge's) Bengal Lancers	7	16 Jul 2022 2:43 p.m. PST
Glorious Glosters at Imjin River	22	09 Jul 2022 7:40 a.m. PST
Fun with Cardboard	3	09 Jul 2022 2:02 a.m. PST
Scrachbuilding 18th Century Royal Galleys	10	03 Jul 2022 10:49 p.m. PST
Trash Bash Pill Bottle Stasis Tube	6	23 Jun 2022 9:42 a.m. PST
Trash Bash "Astromecha" WIP	3	14 Jun 2022 10:38 p.m. PST
Conquistador Brigantines for Hernan Cortes	9	12 Jun 2022 1:56 p.m. PST
Pine trees tutorial	4	08 Jun 2022 11:56 p.m. PST
Army of Northern Virginia - all the infantry in 2mm	2	08 Jun 2022 2:56 p.m. PST
cutting matchsticks?	10	08 Jun 2022 11:26 a.m. PST
Home made 2mm infantry blocks	4	01 Jun 2022 1:35 a.m. PST
Doll house in 1" =1' scale	12	14 May 2022 3:27 p.m. PST
May the 4th - More Atmospheric Water Condenser Terrain	8	05 May 2022 6:58 p.m. PST
Trash Bash Monowheel Cycle WIP	5	03 May 2022 12:33 p.m. PST
Old Glory/West Wind's Dracula's Graveyard - Gates/Fencing	6	02 May 2022 1:48 p.m. PST
Counter program	9	18 Apr 2022 6:50 a.m. PST
Imjin River Board complete!	26	10 Apr 2022 4:46 p.m. PST
Suggestions for weighting SPECIFIC bases	20	09 Apr 2022 4:39 p.m. PST
A Trash Bash Weekend!	12	18 Mar 2022 9:01 a.m. PST
Suggestions for scratchbuilding helmets	5	09 Mar 2022 5:30 a.m. PST
Homemade Afghan/Arab/Bedouin Tents	16	22 Feb 2022 10:09 a.m. PST
How Would Your Play ROLLERBALL (1975) With 15mm Figures?	30	11 Feb 2022 4:16 p.m. PST
A Warhound Titan ....	3	26 Jan 2022 2:19 a.m. PST
Epic Imperial Command Bunker Scratchbuild	12	19 Jan 2022 3:55 a.m. PST
Trash Bash Sci-Fi Quonset Workshop	5	18 Jan 2022 7:16 p.m. PST
Irish/ Scottish Tower House in 28mm	5	08 Jan 2022 9:52 a.m. PST
Atmospheric Water Condenser Scatter Terrain	6	23 Dec 2021 11:12 p.m. PST
My Aztec Cityscape - THE FINAL REVEAL	23	30 Nov 2021 8:22 p.m. PST
Movement trays for magnetic bases?	12	14 Nov 2021 7:41 a.m. PST
Painting the town...	5	11 Nov 2021 8:38 a.m. PST
Stackable Trash Bash Sci-Fi Building	6	29 Oct 2021 9:10 p.m. PST
A 28mm wooden barn from scratch	25	29 Oct 2021 10:43 a.m. PST
Cork Urban Terrain Tiles WIP	3	23 Oct 2021 6:26 p.m. PST
6mm parachutes	8	18 Oct 2021 8:15 a.m. PST
The Nautilus	14	30 Sep 2021 9:58 a.m. PST
Rolled Awnings or Tarps?	9	12 Sep 2021 5:56 p.m. PST
Another scratch built house	14	12 Sep 2021 11:56 a.m. PST
Cedar?	6	12 Sep 2021 12:55 a.m. PST
BB-style Droids	4	09 Sep 2021 6:13 p.m. PST
What is the difference between	21	06 Sep 2021 8:51 p.m. PST
Necron Phonebooth	5	01 Sep 2021 12:40 a.m. PST
Jager March! Scratchbuilt Panzerjager suits	7	27 Aug 2021 4:08 p.m. PST
What A Load of Trash!	11	14 Aug 2021 8:01 p.m. PST
Causeways for Tenochtitlan	9	10 Aug 2021 9:23 a.m. PST
Revetments for Tenochtitlan	4	10 Aug 2021 8:41 a.m. PST
Pavements for Tenochtitlan	4	08 Aug 2021 7:49 a.m. PST
Large Platform and Generator	4	03 Aug 2021 4:11 p.m. PST
Small SciFi Platform and Stairs	5	30 Jul 2021 2:08 p.m. PST
I Saw Three Ships ...	11	24 Jul 2021 4:12 p.m. PST
Pom p'pom pom ...	15	21 Jul 2021 9:14 p.m. PST
Scratch One Hoopty	7	17 Jul 2021 12:22 p.m. PST
Using Sintra PVC Board For Modeling	13	16 Jul 2021 11:11 a.m. PST
Scratchbuild Galley Video	4	09 Jul 2021 12:13 p.m. PST
Hovering Machine for the Tech Bazaar	4	22 Jun 2021 2:04 p.m. PST
ROADS made out of laminate flooring	4	22 Jun 2021 10:30 a.m. PST
TrashBash Build Entry- Ion Dome Cannon	7	20 Jun 2021 7:34 p.m. PST
JLC Razor Saws	4	18 Jun 2021 9:20 a.m. PST
Figure Suggestions Anyone?	8	17 Jun 2021 7:46 p.m. PST
Cheap adjustable DIY flight stands	8	14 Jun 2021 6:48 p.m. PST
The Tiniest Kings Of War	6	13 Jun 2021 2:20 p.m. PST
Sculpting weapons in-hand?	6	07 Jun 2021 5:08 p.m. PST
17th Century German Church	8	07 Jun 2021 3:56 p.m. PST
More Tech Bazaar Terrain and some Cyborgs	4	05 Jun 2021 7:59 p.m. PST
1940, french brickyard in battle	2	05 Jun 2021 7:54 p.m. PST
Geheimnisnacht, extended scenic base	6	05 Jun 2021 7:52 p.m. PST
As Covid-19 winds down . . .	15	30 May 2021 8:31 p.m. PST
Tech Bazaar Scrapyard Base	5	27 May 2021 7:22 p.m. PST
Imjin River Board build update	10	27 May 2021 1:32 p.m. PST
Some Finished Tech Bazaar Terrain and Robots	5	23 May 2021 8:25 a.m. PST
Tech Bazaar WIP Scratchbuilds and Conversions	2	14 May 2021 6:40 p.m. PST
DIY Battlemat	7	06 May 2021 3:14 a.m. PST