Love that 1/72 stuff...

For building and general, ie non-military stuff, try your local model railway store.

Faller, Piko etc make loads of kits in 'HO', which is close enough to 1/72 as makes little difference. The ranges are huge and cover everything from urban to countryside. Also included is stuff live cobble paving, street furniture, ie lights & signs, as well as civilians to populate the scene with.

Karl

I know an absolutely great company in Belgum. It's tracks in troops and has a butt-load of everything you will ever need. They have literally everything you will need. I am not kidding. Thousands of 1/72 and 1/76 scale figures.
http://www.tracks-n-troops.com/1-72%20Armor.htm
Another good place is
www.milicast.com
they specialize in 1/76 scale armor

Welcome aboard nfrnoman. I see that the Braille Scale community is building up. I'm sure you'll like it here.

Scale Model Accessories have started a new range of figures, equipment and vehicles for 1/72 aircraft dioramas

Here's a link to their website, but it's likely to go out very soon as they have a brand new website coming up soon (with another host). The new website will include more info on yet more airfield sets for the USAAF, US Navy and RAF.

http://www.smal.sageweb.co.uk/

They also have, in their 1/76 range, some accessories such as oil drums (for various countries)...

There is a bunch of stuff available, it is just a little harder to find.
ESCI recently released a set with telephone pole, hedgehogs, signs, etc
HO scale railroad stuff can be used, especially some of the buildings.
Preiser was already mentioned but they have great figures in injection plastic.

Also, try out some of the small scale websites. My favorite is On The Way
http://www.ontheway.us/default.htm
He has links to just about all of the companies producing figures, decals, accessories, etc and links to several other sites for small scale builders.
another interesting site is
http://www.72scale.com/menu.htm
It is a census of 72nd scale kits (planes, tanks, figures, ships, buildings, accessories, etc) It gives the company names and his links page is HUGE
Good luck on your endeavor.

Airfix made several sets of 1/72 scale figure sets that can be readily used or adapted. Heller reintroduced them several years ago. Preiser has a whole cataloge of figures that will lend themselves to your needs. Czechmaster also has 1/72 scale figure sets.

I second that.... Ive been looking myself and cant seem to find any. I know warriors makes a resin Tiger crew in 1/72 scale. They look pretty good. But as far as other figures, well, "HOO-RAH" is all I can come up with too...