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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:23 AM

The best resource for all models ACW is http://www.milminwh.com. Military Miniatures Warehouse carries all the currently available Civil War figures except the soft plastic stuff. he also carries a wide range of diorama accessories including Armand Bayardi castings and thr Hudson & Allen line. One of the best ranges is the Shenandoah line from Australia. They feature a huge selection of figures in many poses and are relatively reasonable.

Except for the OO/HO stuff that is packaged by Italeri and other companies, you will be dealing with 54mm, approximately 1/32 scale and larger. There a soft plastic "playsets" in this scale, but these all suffer from a tendency for rifles and bayonets to be warped and not fixable. Paint has a hard time adhering to this as well. A good source for these are http://www.michtoy.com/ and http://www.hobbybunker.com/ .

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: USA
new to figures
Posted by nsclcctl on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:53 AM
OK OK, I have gone from aircraft to armor and ships.  Roughly 50 builds later, I want to try my hand at some civil war figuresd for a small diorama.  Cannon, redoubt, wagons, you know the deal.  Maybe a farm house or two.  While we have Tamiya and so forth in the above mentioned build, please tell me in your best bit of advice a brand and a scale which offers the greatest selection for me to paint and position in a diorama a little civil war scene.  I have a bunch of the IMAX figures, they are so small.  Is that all there is out there?
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