Which is one of the great things about this site. I am a photographer and a writer. When someone just "makes themselves a copy" of my work they are stealing my work, and the money with which I support myself. Want to make a copy of something that I have done? Ask me, and I will sell or give you the right to do it. Many people seem to think that they aren't hurting me when they copy my work without paying for it. Believe me, you are, I price my work based on the perhaps foolish idea that folks will respect the time and effort that I put into it enough to give me what it is worth.

As for the why don't you just buy another one ......not everyone has the money to do so or has the talent to create out of nothing.

So why see posts like this?
Perhaps it’s because the owner of the site is an American.
And he set this site up like America – to be an free and open exchange of ideas.
That’s what makes this site great, like America, is that we can come together and share out thoughts and ideas for a greater modeling community or a greater county. Or maybe that’s just BS, I don’t really know.

The problem is i want to model chunks of the building around the plastic one. I just thought would be easier to do it this way. Rather than to buy another kit and break it up. Plaster just seems easier to work with.

As the original post stated, the purpose of the castings was to create rubble.

Would it be possible to pour plaster of paris into the back of the plastic building and simply create a negative mould?

But isnt this what modellers do with almost anything they creat molds of?...for example rubber molds of Verlindens photoetch leaves used recently in a feature article, molding extra wheels taken from a kit...doesnt this all fall under the same ethical constraints?

I assumed that this would be based under the same catogory. I do not wish to sell these, but simply want to recreate it, break it apart, and use it in the base of a diorama.

Cheers Damian.

It's an ethical decision, but hey who gives a crap? What do we need the manufacturers for anyway?

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im also curious to attempt the lego block method. Creating a generic building structure, pouring the plaster in and breaking it apart.

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G'day Damian,

Real easy mate, check out this article - it's used to make a road, but you can use the technique for any wall or such structure:

Basemaking for Beginners: Urban Road by: Engin Kayral

I'm pretty surprised none of the posters above referred you to this article

Rudi