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What does it mean"SCRATCH" ?

I always thought that this term referred to the fabulous and exotic scratch tree (Arbus Bodgerensis) cultivated only on the mountain tops of Madagascar. The seeds in its large fruits were said to resemble the frames of galleons, its dried flowers ship's figureheads, and whose leaves contain fine fibrous threads exactly like miniature cables. As an added bonus the pulp of the fruits made marvellous glue that nobody is allergic to.

Unfortunately this tree no longer exists, having been logged to the point of total extinction in order to supply the model shipwrights of the 18th century.
 
Dave Stevens (Lumberyard) said:
By Stan Alexander
As seen in the November 2022 issue of Model Aviation. SCRATCH-BUILDING IS WHEN a full-scale set of aircraft drawings is scaled down to whatever size, weight, and wingspan that you want. The structure is drawn, and then the parts are cut and assembled. When you build from someone else’s plans, you are plans-building. If you start with all of the parts cut out for you, you are kit-building. If you buy it and only assemble the main parts, that’s an ARF. It’s that simple.

To create something from scratch is to make it without any ingredients or materials prepared ahead of time. The scratch in from scratch originally referred to the starting line of a race "scratched" into the ground, from which all runners would be starting without a head start.
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As opposed to bashing..??
 
“To bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe”

- Carl Sagan
 
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