kitbashing

Somewhere along the way, some farmer or rancher took a Buick Model 56 and replaced the trunk and rumble seat with a pickup bed, 'kitbashing' it into a work vehicle.

Instapundit 2010

Somewhere along the way, some farmer or rancher took a Buick Model 56 and replaced the trunk and rumble seat with a pickup bed, 'kitbashing' it into a work vehicle.

Instapundit 2010

I had never even heard of the term "kitbashing" and my skills up to that point in my life had been basically assembling model aeroplanes, which also often resulted in my fingers being glued together more than the planes themselves.

Transformers News 2009

I had never even heard of the term "kitbashing" and my skills up to that point in my life had been basically assembling model aeroplanes, which also often resulted in my fingers being glued together more than the planes themselves.

Transformers News 2009

Try frankensteining, kitbashing, boiling-and-popping or sculpting your own.

Coffee Break: August 16 2007

A dedicated subculture of craftspeople have been frankensteining, kitbashing, boiling-and-popping, sculpting and painting one-of-a-kind figures for years.

Boing Boing 2007

Having built several of these in 3D I can honestly say that is incredibly cool! makes me want to take up kitbashing again….

Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » Serenity Paint Test #1 2009

You can often find unbuilt plastic models at yard sales, and they make good raw material for kitbashing.

Archive 2008-07-01 James Gurney 2008

You can often find unbuilt plastic models at yard sales, and they make good raw material for kitbashing.

Walking Vehicles, part 2. James Gurney 2008

I haven't really tried out kitbashing to make up new mechanical objects, but I love the idea of it and I'm always floored by the uses and interpretation one part can yield to people.

Walking Vehicles, part 2. James Gurney 2008