Welcome to Lasse Henning's Modelshop

This site will serve as a homing beacon to those hopeful ones aspiring to recreate their own part of the STAR WARS Universe. If you are one of those who have been intensely studying all of the pictures from the ILM modelshop trying to determine how the models were built, you may find some of the answers here.

Scratchbuilding may seem an impossible task for the inexperienced, but this need not necessarily be the case. If you consider yourself to be a fair craftsman, all you need is a little faith in your own abilities and some good old patience. My only advice is not to start working on a hopeless project. Start with a model you feel confident about and get a feel for the materials and the basic techniques.

As an effort to help you get started, I will show you some of my scratchbuilt STAR WARS models and describe the process behind making them. So put on the radio dramas, pour the coffee and start working!

My friend Lars "Ollie" Anderson's models are also featured on this site. You can contact both of us at themodelshop@starwarz.com if you have questions or need advice. Good luck to you all – see you out there...

More Modelshop:

• Latest Update: Escape Pod II
• Check out some of my original models from the 1980's!
• Starshipmodeler.com and Starshipbuilder.com have even more great models and tips.
• Discuss The Model Shop and the models you see here at The Galactic Senate

About Lasse Henning:
I was born in 1968 in Norway, where I still live. My life was somewhat turned upside down by the release of Star Wars in 1977. I started experimenting with scratchbuilding in 1984 and have kept doing so since that. I am self-taught in most modeling disciplines. I currently work as a modelbuilder for an architectural company that builds buildings and landscapes.