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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, February 5, 2009 8:53 PM
 Huxy wrote:

If I need to go to a hospital in the US, and the paper says "Surgeon: Mike Thompson", I'm for sure running to the coast and rowing back here before you can say "Next!" 

That's why there's malpractice insurance..

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Posted by Huxy on Thursday, February 5, 2009 6:02 PM

If I need to go to a hospital in the US, and the paper says "Surgeon: Mike Thompson", I'm for sure running to the coast and rowing back here before you can say "Next!"  Laugh [(-D] Make a Toast [#toast]

 

 

Anyways, I haven't touched Resin yet.. But Dragon do indeed have great figures. Tamiya has some..  And I am actually at the moment learning this fankenstein kitbashing of figures..  It really helps! Smile [:)]

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, February 5, 2009 4:00 PM

Ain't gonna say who's best... I will tell ya what I use the most of. Tamiya.

Then some Dragon, Italeri, whatever's on sale..

I don't use very many figures as they come out of the box, except drivers and such, pilots, etc; but even those guys get modified with diffent heads, arms, etc..

After I build a figure, I couldn't tell you with any certainty what figures were used in the construction, unless I'm taking notes.. Usually I open a box and just start cutting arms, legs, torsos, and gear off the sprues, then throwing them all in their respective bins...

 

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Posted by the Baron on Thursday, February 5, 2009 2:53 PM

 Panzer_Blitz wrote:
Lets try 1/35 WWII....I believe that's what most people model

Maybe in this forum, but there is a ton of modelers who do other periods, too:  Napoleonic Wars; American Civil War; European medieval period; Ancients, including Rome, Greece and Egypt, among others.  But some of the manufacturers various posters have listed also cover those periods, too.

Andrea is probably one of the biggest sellers, for many of those periods.

Regards,

Brad

The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

 

 

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Posted by modelchasm on Thursday, February 5, 2009 2:16 PM
 renarts wrote:

Based upon quality, detail, pose selection and casting only, 1:35 WW2

listed in order that in my opinion are the best to worst.

Alpine

Pegaso

Hornet

Tank

Wolf

Alexander Miniatures

S&T

Takahashi Modeling

MIG Productions

HELO

Friendship

Modeling Artisan

Yosci

Infinity Shape

Doug's Originals

Taisho

Dragon

Masterbox

Verlinden

Trumpeter

Tamiya

Plastic green army men by the bagfull

Uhh ... Yeah. What he said...Big Smile [:D]

I don't do a lot of 1/35 unless it's a figure to go with a veh or something, but some of my favorites, but in no order as I always hack them up and mix them anyway) are; (granted some of these are actually 120mm ... sue me)

Blast Models, Alpine, Verlinden, Dragon, Jaguar, Airborne Miniatures, & MIG Productions

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Posted by telsono on Thursday, February 5, 2009 2:09 PM

The list could go on, there are so many good companies out here are a few that are not on your list:

Resicast

Ultracast

Warrior

Allarmi

Then you can place at near to the bottom:

Italeri

Mike T.

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Posted by jtrace214 on Thursday, February 5, 2009 2:04 PM

I'm just a poor un-employed builder so I stick with dragon although I would love to try the other brands as my skill increases thanks for the list,never heard of some of the brands..

John

the pic to the left is my weekend condo lol

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 5, 2009 1:39 PM
Alpine
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Posted by renarts on Thursday, February 5, 2009 1:34 PM

Based upon quality, detail, pose selection and casting only, 1:35 WW2

listed in order that in my opinion are the best to worst.

Alpine

Pegaso

Hornet

Tank

Wolf

Alexander Miniatures

S&T

Takahashi Modeling

MIG Productions

HELO

Friendship

Modeling Artisan

Yosci

Infinity Shape

Doug's Originals

Taisho

Dragon

Masterbox

Verlinden

Trumpeter

Tamiya

Plastic green army men by the bagfull

 

 

 

Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Posted by jtrace214 on Thursday, February 5, 2009 1:14 PM

I'm partial to Dragon but Master Box is comming out with new and varied kits. I never built any resin figures so I'm not familar with them I just bought the Master Box British para's #2 (with the glider pilot) they seem pretty good kinda soft plastic and not much accessories.

 

John

the pic to the left is my weekend condo lol

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Posted by Panzer_Blitz on Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:56 PM
Lets try 1/35 WWII....I believe that's what most people model
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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:45 PM

What scale, medium, type, & genre you asking abut?  There're dozens of 'em out there...

 

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Who produces the best figures ?
Posted by Panzer_Blitz on Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:32 PM

I've just started another post in armor and want everyones opinion here on who produces the best figures on the market today.

Try to list your choices in decending order of quality, and detail.

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