Beginner needs some help with models

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I have been using only Tamiya glue and paints since I started some 6-7 years ago.

Thanks for all the help.  This is for my 10 year old son who enjoys army men and tanks.  i got him WW2 Europe army troops to go along with the tank.  It will be a nice project for him. (With my help). 

All of the basic tools and supplies you'll need are available at the dreaded Hobby Lobby. There's plenty there to get you started. 

I will recommend a basic start with Tamiya Extra Thin Liquid Cement, a can of Tamiya Grey Surface Primer, a can of Testors Gloss and Dull Cote, the Blue pack of sanding sticks, and whatever colors of Vallejo paints offered that you would like to use.

That should be enough to get you started off. :)

Edit; they also offer a basic range of Model Master spray paints that should help as well.

There is a lot more there than you will need for one project, but you can pick things up for other projects as you need them. That's what I always end up doing.

Look on this site for guides to painting WWII US Army uniforms

http://www.usarmymodels.com

Hello,

I have been using only Tamiya glue and paints since I started some 6-7 years ago. They work very well. Now and then I use super glue of some sort. Don't bother with airbrush yet, as a matter of fact I never used one and don't even have it. Yet, FSM thinks that some of my models were  worty of putting into their online gallery . Brush wise, you need a soft one for big surfaces, maybe 7-8 mm wide, another one half of that or so for smaller stuff and a pointy one for details. Excacto knife for cutting and trimming, a small file for smoothening the slight incorrectnesses where two edges meet and a cutting plyers to cut pieces of the sprue.

For painting WW2 uniforms, it is pretty much a wilde west question. Which army? Which branch? Which season of the year? How long has the soldier been using the uniform and in what environment are you trying to show him? Snow? Mud? Dust? African sand?.....

Same goes for tank colour. Which nation, what environment, how long has the tank been there etc etc

Your best bet is to start buildingand show us photos and we will be able to guide you.

Cheers...

Here are some of my buids, all painted with brushes only, different environments, nations...