Wraith
Major
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Have you seen that Treefrogs have got a sale on metal kits? Now would be a good time to buy!
Spanish soldier
Sergeant First Class
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In my childhood playing with plastic figures made in Spain: Jecsan, Comansi, Reamsa, currently only matte metal figures ,are more realistic.
Used to collect plastics when I was like 9 or 10. But from what I remember painting them was just horrible. Specially if you had a rather large collection. I didn't went out to buy a box of soldiers. I'd go out and buy the same box 5 times to get some quantity.
Even still, I couldn't paint them like the metals are painted. Simply too nice, weathering and all that.
No metals are simply of an outstanding quality that I could never achieve with plastics.
Even still, I couldn't paint them like the metals are painted. Simply too nice, weathering and all that.
No metals are simply of an outstanding quality that I could never achieve with plastics.
jager7080
Sergeant First Class
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I collect both...build kits & figures & as of late been buying the old Britians Deetail figures & vehicles from the 70's to repaint/redo...Also repaint the FOV figures that come with the vehicles...I geuss to each his own...But as for me , just buying everything really limits you...Here are a couple of pics i will share...
Joe
Larry Allen
2nd Lieutenant
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I would have to say that I "collect" metal, but I do have both. The plastic sets come and go as my interest changes (Civil War, WWII, Alamo, etc). With that said I have been edging closer and closer to trying my hand at plastics to fill in major gaps in sets not made by K&C or othermetal vendors. -- LARRY