kit-bashing
n.— «These raw resin ships were then detailed by a process known as kit-bashing—gluing plastic model kit parts to the surface of a model to create intricate areas of detail.» —“The Rebel Y-Wing from Master Replicas” SirStevesGuide.com Feb. 6, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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The word nurdle, sometimes spelled nerdle, can be used to denote various “small bits of things,” such as styrofoam packing material or detritus in one’s pockets. It may be related to the word nodule. Like thingamabob and whatsit, the word nurdle...
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Common parlance among railroad and aircraft modelers, probably most often mentioned in mass publications in articles about special-effects builders for science-fiction films. Seen with the hyphen, and also as “kitbashing,” and “kit bashing.”
Used in a book title in 1978:
“Scratchbuilding and Kitbashing Model Railroad Stations” by Bob Hayden, Kalmbach Pub Co.
My husband remembers the term from at least the early 1970’s, and I’d expect mentions in the fan press around the time of “Thunderbirds” beginning in 1964
http://www.tvcentury21.com/content/view/212/41/
and certainly in coverage of the production of Star Wars and Close Encounters