11-11-2013, 08:53 PM
Glad to help.
When you decide to start buying the donor kits for detailing I'd start with the cheap ones first, or the kits you can get the most donor parts from, if you're on a budget like myself but you'll find many of the kits needed are still readily available. I've found Ebay a good source for cheap kits but I've also bought some from other modelers as well.
Also some kits have the same sprue and parts as others, for example, sprue A from the Tamiya 1/35 SU-85 is the same as sprue A from the 1/35 SU-122 and sprue B from the Tamiya 1/35 M3 Stuart is the same as sprue B from the M5A1. You'll also need to save all the kit scans you can get then look at them to identify the parts and that is sometimes not an easy task.
But above all...enjoy it.
When you decide to start buying the donor kits for detailing I'd start with the cheap ones first, or the kits you can get the most donor parts from, if you're on a budget like myself but you'll find many of the kits needed are still readily available. I've found Ebay a good source for cheap kits but I've also bought some from other modelers as well.
Also some kits have the same sprue and parts as others, for example, sprue A from the Tamiya 1/35 SU-85 is the same as sprue A from the 1/35 SU-122 and sprue B from the Tamiya 1/35 M3 Stuart is the same as sprue B from the M5A1. You'll also need to save all the kit scans you can get then look at them to identify the parts and that is sometimes not an easy task.
But above all...enjoy it.