ORIGINAL: RC-Captain
I'm just curious about what you mean by building off of plans . A guy told me he builds off of plans, then he told me some one laser cut all of the pieces for him to match the size of the plans when he reduced it from a .40 to a small size electric. Am I hitting home with this explanation ?
CAP
You use the plans to tell you show you the shapes that need to be cut out. There are a couple of methods to do that. Then when you've got all the parts cut out, you lay the plans out on the building board. You can then start building the structures by placing the parts directly over the plans. Some people pin the parts to the plans.
Some guys use two sets of plans. One that is used for pattern making for the cutout parts. One that is used to build on.
There are a couple of places that will cut out parts for you. You send them the plans. They scan 'em into their laser cutter and then burn out some parts for you.