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10-05-2008, 07:25 PM

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New to the game

Hi all, im new to this wooden model world and look forward to making my first model

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10-05-2008, 08:58 PM

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Re: New to the game

Hi Christian, Welcome Aboard!

You may want to check these out :
1 - Questions for newbies that may be undecided as to where to start in the hobby
2 - GUIDE FOR THE BEGINNER WOOD MODEL SHIPWRIGHT (Part One)
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4 - List of recommended modeling_books

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10-06-2008, 09:29 AM

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Re: New to the game

Welcome aboard Christian, You may want to look at this site :

http://www.sanjuannepomuceno.co.uk/

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