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The best putty or filler is Squadron, it is great, dries, but sands away easily , in fine particles, meaning you can get a great finish easily. You can normally find it in most hobby shops, and its not too expensive. The downside is that the lid is not the best fit, and tends to get all gunked up, meaning that it dries out, but, its only usually the smallest amount wasted. I solved this by keeping it in a plastic bag, tied up, with all of the air squeezed out of it.
I started building with Revell, but found it difficult due to fitment problems, I then bought Tamiya Sauber C9, and it went together so easily, that I onlybuilt Tamiya until I was a bit more confident with my skills. I know alot of you will disagree, but the best model I think to start with is the Enzo, just dont add too much detail. The fitment is perfect, and the body comes in many pieces, meaning if you make any mistakes it is easy to correct by just sanding the seperate panels. However it is very expensive. So the best bet could be to go on ebay and look for a job lot of models, I picked up nine or ten models, for about £18, which I then used to pratice on, and if anythng went wrong I didn't worry about it. I don't really recommend AMT, as the paint schemes are very basic, and so you need to find a lot of reference pictures, which is not always possible to do. I'm still a noobie myself, so this maybe wrong, and it may be best to get advice from somebody else as well.
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