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GLUEIT
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Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 - 02:25 AM UTC
I have an Alpine figure german tanker and i need to replace an arm. what manufacturer is interchangable with Alpine scale? Warrior?
Tarok
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Posted: Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 05:21 PM UTC
Unfortunately this is one of those "it depends" situations. I suppose to a certain degree most parts between manufacturers are interchangable with a bit of work, but that's not to say one can simply take something out the box and slap it on another kit. You'd need to compare the new arm to that which you're replacing and see if it suits the figure. You'll most likely need to do a bit of resculpting though.
GLUEIT
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2009 - 05:08 AM UTC
I guess i asked the wrong question. what i meant was if i purchase a set of heads from hornet or warrior will they fit proportionately on a dml or tamiya figure. I understand i may have to do some resculpting.
Tarok
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2009 - 08:08 AM UTC
Ah, you're not kidding - totally different scenario!

Tamiya figures are traditionally much smaller than true 1/35 scale, which is what most of your resin figures are - Alpine figures in particular are true 1/35. So replacement heads would be oversized for them.

Hornet heads are, however, often used in conjunction with DML figures, and as you've no doubt seen the greatest weakness of DML figures is traditionally their faces.

Rudi
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2009 - 10:27 AM UTC

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Ah, you're not kidding - totally different scenario!

Tamiya figures are traditionally much smaller than true 1/35 scale, which is what most of your resin figures are - Alpine figures in particular are true 1/35. So replacement heads would be oversized for them.

Hornet heads are, however, often used in conjunction with DML figures, and as you've no doubt seen the greatest weakness of DML figures is traditionally their faces.

Rudi

thanks for the info. now i know i can use the hornet heads with the dml figures.
05Sultan
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2009 - 04:55 PM UTC
Warriors work well with DML and some Tamiya figures. ESCI/Italeri and Academy figures run oversize, closer to 1/32. You can use Historex heads for these.
Cheers!
Rick
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ALPINE MINIATURES
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Posted: Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 09:10 AM UTC
Guys, I have new 1/35 heads/hands combination sets just released.
Now you have 4 heads and 4 hands in one set!
For more info:
http://www.alpineminiatures.com/
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