Got a favorite tool?

[MPWR]

Got a tool or product that you just gotta have when building a kit? Something you use on every model? We've all seen lists of things you need to have when starting your first ever model- but do you have something that if you couldn't find or wasn't availible, you'd stop building (or at least threaten to!)?

Xacto knife? SMS carbon fiber decals? CA glue? (Tamiya R34 kits?)

I thought of this the other day, working on the F50, and I ran out of Windex (American ammonia based glass cleaner). "Oh no! Out of Windex! I CAN'T model without Windex!" I use it to clean my airbrush and hand painting brushes when using acrylics, which is nearly always. Had to go steal a bottle form the upstairs bathroom cupboard!

Thought it'd be interesting to see what everyone esle considers essential for building!

For me, I'd have to say an airbrush, a set of dial calipers, and of course Windex.

[freakray]

Reference photos.
I can't build a kit unless I have tons of reference material to look at.

[mike@af]

Airbrush, CA, Xacto, styrene, and dremel.

[jswillmon]

my iwata!

[bill_kustomz]

strene,putty,dremel,glue and airbrush everything u need

[lotusmark2]

got to be dremel, super glue and my finger wrapped in sand paper

[p9o1r1sche]

In addition to all that above, good eyesight.

[raab]

most important thing for me is a bandaid or if im out ductape. it works wonders

[ProSStreet]

i gotta have my knifes, files, sandpaper and pin vise. next to all my glue ofcourse.

[Renegade]

Always blade sharp Exacto and good old Tamiya masking tape
Ohh, and most necessary steady hands

[nis.k.a.]

My thought blue-print. Everything else seems to fall into place.

[tonioseven]

Originally Posted by nis.k.a.

My thought blue-print. Everything else seems to fall into place.

[SupaMan89T]

my hands are my greatest tool.

[dag65]

oh so amny inappropriate responses come to mind. But my favorite modelling tools are my hands, my vision ( ideas) , and my aribrush

[willimo]

Time. And lots of it.