Editing Plastic model kit (section)

== Variations ==
Many modellers build [[diorama]]s as landscaped scenes built around one or more models. They are most common for military vehicles such as [[tank]]s, but airfield scenes and 2-3 ships in formation are also popular.

'''Conversions''' use a kit as a starting point, and modify it to be something else. For instance, kits of the [[USS Constitution|USS ''Constitution'']] ("Old Ironsides") are readily available, but the ''Constitution'' was just one of six sister ships, and an ambitious modeller will modify the kit, by sawing, filing, adding pieces, and so forth, to make a model of one of the others.

'''[[Scratch building]]''' is the creation of a model "from scratch" rather than a manufactured kit. True scratchbuilt models consist of parts made by hand and do not incorporate parts from other kits. These are rare. When parts from other kits are included, the art is technically called "Kit Bashing." Most pieces referred to as "scratchbuilt" are actually a combination of kit bashing and scratchbuilding. Thus, it has become common for either term to be used loosely to refer to these more common hybrid models.

'''[[Kitbashing]]''' is a modelling technique where parts from multiple model kits are combined to create a novel model form. For example, the effects crews on the various [[Star Trek]] TV shows frequently kitbashed multiple [[starship]] models to quickly create new classes of ship for use in background scenes where details would not be particularly obvious.