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Posted by darson on Monday, December 5, 2005 7:21 AM

G'day Mikalos and Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to FSM, please enjoy your time here (it's also a pretty fine magazine btw)
Please do not worry about posting any questions you have in the various forums, you will find plenty of people more than willing to help.

Cheers

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  • From: Melbourne, Australia
Posted by darson on Monday, December 5, 2005 7:20 AM

G'day Mikalos and Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to FSM, please enjoy your time here (it's also a pretty fine magazine btw)

Please do not worry about posting any questions you have in the various forums, you will find plenty of people more than willing to help.

Cheers



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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 5, 2005 5:56 AM
Welcome aboard, and the more questions you ask the better.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 5, 2005 3:52 AM
Sign - Welcome [#welcome]!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 4, 2005 5:33 PM
Thanks for the welcome and advice!
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Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, December 4, 2005 10:22 AM
Welcome to FSM!
~Brian
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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, December 4, 2005 9:25 AM

Welcome to thr Forums Sign - Welcome [#welcome].  Glad you're here.

Regards,  Rick

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Posted by eizzle on Saturday, December 3, 2005 10:53 PM
Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the forums. As everyone has already said, ask away, its the only way you learn. I hope you have a pleasent time here, I'm sure you will meet lots of interesting people.

Colin

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Posted by Bgrigg on Saturday, December 3, 2005 8:57 PM
Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the forums! Pull up a keyboard and stay a while.

Wow, a Dragon King Tiger as a starter kit. Braver than I am!

David has directed you to a good reference site, visual help will be the best at this stage! My advice is DO NOT HURRY! You can always strip off paint, glue is quite another matter. Read all the instructions, don't twist the pieces off the sprue (some will say get sprue cutters, but a sharp hobby knife will do just fine), dry fit the pieces and if you have a local hobby store (LHS) ask lots of questions. They have a vested interest in making your first kit a pleasant experience!

And there are some real experts here. Don't be afraid to ask us too. If you have a question that's embarrassing, PM one of us directly. I've yet to meet people here who aren't willing to help out.

Good luck!

Bill

So long folks!

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Posted by wing_nut on Saturday, December 3, 2005 6:49 PM
Welcome to the madness.  This is a great place.  You will find it very helpful so when you have a question just ask away.  

Marc  

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Posted by David Voss on Saturday, December 3, 2005 6:23 PM
Welcome aboard!  Sign - Welcome [#welcome]

Don't worry about asking questions.  The only bad questions are the ones that aren't asked. 

The best thing you can do is to jump in and have fun with it.  Don't fret the details.  It's just like the first time you played BF1942, you can't expect to be an expert the first time you play.

I would suggest starting a post in the Armor forum titled something like "KingTiger late production Ardennes 1944 1:35 (Dragon)" and add some of the same information you did here.  There's likely to be someone who's familiar with the kit and/or also can provide useful reference information.  With a very specific title like that, they'll be more likely to check it out.

As for starting out, I recently stumbled across the videos at Testor's Model Workshop by Brett Green.  They're pretty good.  Watching someone as they explain techniques can be helpful.
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Hello Everyone
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 3, 2005 6:06 PM
Hi,

I am new to modelling. In fact I just bought one today. Opened up the kit and was somewhat daunted :)

The kit is KingTiger late production Ardennes 1944 1:35 (Dragon). Chose this since I have played online Battlefield  1942 games and others for quite awhile.

Looking at the instructions appears it is all visual. While I believe I can piece together the instructions...seems to me I will be missing where to glue and what to sand etc...??  I kust looked again at the directions there are places where it shows glue...so others are just snap on?

I noticed a lot of techniques in the forums but did not see one for here newbie this is for you :) I probably missed it through all the 1000's of posts.

Glad to see such a large and active forum. Also purchased the Jan 2006 FSM magazine.

So please direct me towards any good novice tips would be much appreciated.

Apologize for long post but want to start out right and not get frustrated and stop before I begin :)
Direct me to the best forum for questions on this type of model.

Thanks,

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