Tools and Supplies for the Modeler's Workshop
I'm sometimes asked by other modelers what tools and supplies I use regularly. Here are the things you'll find on my workbench (some of them, anyway—I've got tons of stuff accumulated from a lifetime of modeling). One need not have them all in order to model successfully, and each has varying degrees of usefulness depending on the tasks being performed. In the left column are tools; in the right, supplies. Each item links to a page detailing what it is, how it's used, and where to get it.
- hobby knife and blades
- tweezers
- steel straightedge
- scale ruler
- work light
- magnification
- jeweler's files
- jeweler's screwdrivers
- miniature needle nose pliers
- miniature duckbill pliers
- flush cutters
- diagonal cutters
- pin vice & miniature drill bits
- brushes
- razor saw
- small miter box
- cutting mat
- small bench vise
- "third hand" jig
- digital caliper
- temperature-controlled soldering iron
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