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Offline leonn56

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hello from east sussex uk
« on: September 25, 2013, 05:01:35 AM »
greetings all. new man reporting. been modelling most of my life but been on a long break due to life getting in the way! just starting out on ww1 aircraft, having been impressed and inspired by the fine works on this site. so i will be asking a lot of dumb questions if you can put up with that as im not sure where to start!
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Offline Gisbod

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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2013, 05:35:21 AM »
Hi Leon,

I'm East Sussex too.. Great site and everyone's very helpful.

There are no dumb questions!  ::)

Regards

Guy
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Offline Nigel Jackson

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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2013, 05:42:58 AM »
Hello Leon and welcome to a great forum.

You'll find people here only too willing to help and share ideas. Ten to one that the questions you may think of as dumb are in the minds of many others too - and almost certainly not dumb!

Best wishes
Nigel
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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2013, 07:05:17 AM »
Hello Leon and welcome to the forum, so good to see you here. As others have said, there is no such thing as a dumb question, the forum has a member base of very friendly people and all are willing to share their knowledge, I'm looking forward to your participation with the forum and its members.

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Offline Zabu

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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2013, 07:40:04 AM »
Hi Leon, welcome to the squad.

Dumb question, woot's that? :P

Cheers

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Offline IanB

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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2013, 12:17:53 PM »
Welcome aboard Leon!
 The only dumb question is the one that's not asked, fire away and happy modelling!

Ian
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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2013, 01:30:22 PM »
Welcome to the forum, Leon.  Great to have you aboard.  I know this is cliché, but it's so true:  The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2013, 04:19:17 PM »
Waves from West Kent.

Welcome Leon, I just know you'll find just about everything you need to know here and more. A great bunch always eager to help anyone.

Keith
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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2013, 08:02:52 PM »
Welcome to the forum, Leon!  Not to worry, whatever questions you have, there
is always someone to help here.  It's a great place to learn more about our hobby.
Happy to have you join us. :)

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Offline leonn56

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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2013, 08:37:27 PM »
many thanks one and all for the kind words of welcome. ok, first question! as space is somewhat at a premium in my house, (and to keep my lady wife onside!) i think the smaller scales may be the way for me to go at first.but i would like to have as detailed a model as possible so where would you gents suggest i start? although ive made a lot of models in the dim and distant past,im a novice in this particular subject so any help at all will be gratefully received. cheers
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Offline leonn56

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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2013, 08:38:33 PM »
woops! just realised i may have posted this in the wrong place. apologies.
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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2013, 09:38:47 PM »
Leon, I would suggest 1/48th scale.  Albeit a little small to work with, but good for detail and
good for space-saving compared to 1/32nd scale.  Eduard and Roden are the two main
makers in that scale.  In my opinion, Eduard has the edge, especially their profipacks, which
are quite detailed, with photoetched parts, etc.  Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2013, 10:19:49 PM »
Waves from Surrey.

I can do dumb answers but I don't recall ever hearing a dumb question. :D

Welcome to the land of helpful people.
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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2013, 06:02:43 AM »
Although i'm a braille modeler (1/72) i do agree with Ernie.

Don't know what scale your used to build and there's no scale that you can't detail, but details in 1/72 are difficult to pop into someones eyes.

1/48 it's not that big and very good for some detailing.

Cheers
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Re: hello from east sussex uk
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2013, 02:18:01 PM »
Welcome to the forum!

Lindsay
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