Scratch Builder Monthly March 2023 is a supplement written and published by MJ Hobby Corner for use with making cheap models, primarily for tabletop wargaming.
The supplement is available as a 75-page PDF from DriveThruRPG for $2.99. One page is the front cover, one the table of contents and one is credits.
The Introduction is the same as it has been for the previous issues and explains that this is a new publication will build on videos for projects as well as some links.
The Sculpting Bench talks about polymer and resin clays and their different uses.
RPG Corner: An Overview of a Clever System looks at the EZD6 system.
Uses For clay And Tin foil: Cavern Tiles has a step-by-step project to make some cavern tiles using cheap materials, including painting and some extras.
The Many Uses For Tinfoil in My Wargaming Terrain looks at using foil in builds and the different uses it can be put to.
The Small Scale Hobbyist Working with Foil covers five different structures made for a desert board.
Project Show Case briefly looks at some top-down wagons and markers and considers future work.
Simple 2D Markers by MJ has some hand drawn WW2 top-down markers.
Scratch Builder Monthly March 2023 in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. The table of contents covers the major sections. Navigation is okay. The text maintains a single column format and a variety of minor errors were noticed. There are a variety of photographs of tools, materials and projects in various stages of construction as well as finished. Presentation is good.
There are technically two main projects in this, though one is a set of related projects, essentially meaning that there’s more than just two. These are covered in enough detail to duplicate. Other projects are just overviews or looks into what uses things have. Then there is the addition of the top-down markers at the end which can be printed and cut out. Scratch Builder Monthly March 2023 has some useful ideas and projects and can be found by clicking here.
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