Can you guys recomend a list of tool and other things for a newbie??

[CRX_SOON]

Not trying to postwhore or anything its just that i have lots of questions.
anyway do you guys have like a list things i need to buy to get started on my first model??
I am not 100% new to this but its been quit a while lets just say the last time i bought cement i needed my mom to buy it b/c the lady thought i was going to sniff the stuff :frog:

[Tyrell]

If you think you might stick at it/get hooked (like everyone else here), I'd probably buy all the paints listed in the instructions and a couple of decent fine-tipped art brushes for the detail work.

If you stick to acrylic paints like Tamiya ones, you can wash your brushes off in water. I find that Automotive Thinners is a better option (I also use this to clean my airbrush, but that's an unneccessary expense when you're just starting out).

Paint most parts whilst still on the sprue (with the exception of the bodywork), and only remove them when you're ready to use them. (This avoids losing them in the shagpile/pet's stomach.)

Buy liquid cement (rather than tube glue).

A can of plastic primer and acrylic auto paint for the main bodywork, that closely matches the colour(s) listed in the instructions.

Don't try to brush-paint the body, it looks awful unless you are extremely careful...

While you're at the auto-store, buy some 600 and 1200 grade wet and dry paper to sand down between coats. I'd avoid using Auto quality masking-tape if it's required. Use Tamiya tape instead, it seals better and leaves less residue.

More recently I've been using artists masking friskett for this (available where you buy airbrushes). It's rather like a long/wide sheet of the 3M clear "Magic tape" - ie. it sticks with the same adhesion as a post-it! note, and can be cut into various shapes to mask awkward objects. Some prefer "Parafilm" for this purpose, but I've not come across this yet!

Most modelers "make-do" by utilising various household tools/chemicals that are common in most homes. A quick browse through other posts will turn up a lot of surprises!

Blunt mom's scissors or dad's toe-clippers cutting the parts from the sprues (don't break or twist them off, it damages the clean edges of the plastic and puts stress on the parts).

Alternativley, buy a pair of small electrician's snips to cut the parts off. (Do you know any *small* electricians)?

Once the part is carefully cut from the sprue, use a piece of the wet and dry to remove the remaining flash from the piece or carefully whittle the remaining flash from the part with a modeler's X-Acto knife. (No.11 blade seems most popular - another worthwhile purchase if you intend to build *more* models).

I'm sure others will add to this post (They're a most accomodating lot), but these were the things I bought with my first kit, about this time, last year!

Regards
Mark

[Tyrell]

...Better yet:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t8468.html

It's all been said before...

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[Jay!]

Originally posted by Tyrell
...Better yet:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t8468.html

It's all been said before...

(doh)

That article from Scale Auto is really good. Make sure you have Acrobat Reader ready and load it up...