First I would like to say Sorry for the long post in this one, but I found it very important.
I was talking to a friend from Sweden today and I asked him if there were any good hobby shops in Sweden, that build their own models cut and dry. Well, he started showing me websites of the hobby shops that are in Sweden that have websites, most of them have english "pages". You should see some of the models that they have built in Sweden. Below I am offering a list to browse or go directly to one their websites at -> http://www.plasticwarfare.com , <--at this site every picture unless otherwise noted is a picture of a hand built model. >
If you look for the "British Flag" which represents the "English" version you will be able to get the site in English... (Most of it)
<------about... http://www.plasticwarfare.com
Fantastic pictures of reference. Amazing the qualities of the build, amazing amazing amazing....
Yes thats not real mud thats the Diorama glazed over with shiny stuff mud.....,
The smoke, from that (particular war machine on the front page) when the picture is taken is from this stuff you can buy at any hobby store called "Real Smoke" or some such thin or is it airbrushed on to it later? hmmm...?... its easy to hook up your guns to do the same thing, the one thing I find neat about modelling is I never stop learning. You never stop trying to improve yourself through learning about our subject at hand or the idea or object in front of you. ---->
Here is the list of other suppliers in Sweden if you ever wanted to get Specialty Swedish plastic products... in other words its NOT Tamiya.... =)))
http://www.rebell.com/english/eng_index.html <---have nothing to do with www.plasticwarfare.com>
http://www.pumahobby.se/PANSAR.htm <---have nothing to do with www.plasticwarfare.com>
http://www.eskader.se/ <---- (this guy, is awesome you should see the boat in the picture, I told my friend he looks like Santa Claus without a beard...
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http://www.plasticwarfare.com/gallerypages/strv122ai/index.asp <----- These guys are simply AMAZING!
Point is in all my life I will never even come close to anything that I want to be when it comes to building models, as my Dad used to say, "you don't Build a model you go and drive it, fly it or dive it..."
Well the one thing I can say to my dad is, well, anytime i make a mistake in a fully built model that is nearly perfectly built, and the paint job comes out crappy, its diving.... and when i resolve to fix it I am driving, and when I fix it and it looks just as good if not better than when i originally started out, I am flying.....