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WWII British Infantry
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:44 PM

Hello. I'm about to get a Tamiya WWII Infantry kit. I'm new to modeling figures.

http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/plastic_model_kits_folder/tamiya/1-48scale_folder/2006_adds/tmy32526.html

there's wat i'm about to by

Alright, any help or advice on assembling, painting, and finishing a figure would be extremelly helpful. It would also be helpful if i knew what paints or washes to get. Thanks.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:42 PM
You understand that it's a 1/48th scale kit right? Just asking, in case you were looking for 1/35th.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:40 PM

Bummer, i didn't even see that. In that case, i think i'm gonna get http://tamiya.com/english/products/list/35mm_img/35223m.jpg

any advice would be helpful for my first figure models

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 20, 2006 10:14 PM
Buy some very cheap figures and practice on first. That's what I did, and I can see the progress I've made since first picking up the brush.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:25 PM
I'd look at other people's work. That really inspired me when I was starting out. Get some books. Verlinden has many. Bill Horan's Military Modeling Master Class is a great book, with lots of tips on painting, sculpting and building vignettes. Sheperd Paine's Building and Painting Scale Figures is probably more useful to the beginner though.
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Posted by m1garand on Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:36 PM
That Tamiya kit is an excellent kit and is not that expensive either.  However, if you feel you need some practice, you can go with DML/Dragon 1/35 British infantry kit at $6.00 range.  good luck and enjoy it. 
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