A good way to begin is by looking up the subject of your kit on Scalemates: type it into the search field at top left and press the Return key, then refine your search using the right-hand column on the page. In your case, you could type in [ICODE]P-47 Thunderbolt[/ICODE], for example, and then in the right-hand column select “Kits” and “1:72”. If you then scroll through the list, you’ll come across lots of accessories available for 1:72 scale P-47s.
When you find something that you think you might want, you can then turn to Google (open that in a different tab in your browser, so you can keep the Scalemates list handy) and search for the manufacturer plus set name or number. For example, I just noticed this among the accessories listed for the P-47:
[ATTACH]348610[/ATTACH]
So I select the name and manufacturer with my mouse:
[ATTACH]348611[/ATTACH]
Then copy the text (⌘C on a Mac, Ctrl+C on Windows, or menu Edit → Copy on either), open a new tab in my browser, paste the copied text into the address bar (⌘V, Ctrl+V, or Edit → Paste) and press Return to search:
[ATTACH]348612[/ATTACH]
As you can see, most of the results are for sites that sell either this specific seat or something close to it (like other Pavla sets). Then it’s mostly a matter of going to some of those sites (again, best to do this in a new tab by right-clicking the link and choosing “Open in new tab” or similar, so you keep the search results handy as well) to see if they actually have it, if it’s a good price, shipping, etc. like usual.
When you find something that you think you might want, you can then turn to Google (open that in a different tab in your browser, so you can keep the Scalemates list handy) and search for the manufacturer plus set name or number. For example, I just noticed this among the accessories listed for the P-47:
[ATTACH]348610[/ATTACH]
So I select the name and manufacturer with my mouse:
[ATTACH]348611[/ATTACH]
Then copy the text (⌘C on a Mac, Ctrl+C on Windows, or menu Edit → Copy on either), open a new tab in my browser, paste the copied text into the address bar (⌘V, Ctrl+V, or Edit → Paste) and press Return to search:
[ATTACH]348612[/ATTACH]
As you can see, most of the results are for sites that sell either this specific seat or something close to it (like other Pavla sets). Then it’s mostly a matter of going to some of those sites (again, best to do this in a new tab by right-clicking the link and choosing “Open in new tab” or similar, so you keep the search results handy as well) to see if they actually have it, if it’s a good price, shipping, etc. like usual.
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