discussion New to scale modelling!

[DeeJay]

Evening all, I've been wanting to get into builds for a while now and finally at 32 made a go of it, just started with an airfix land rover and trailer, nothing to special i like to call this my training days, any advice on tools, tips and tricks would be massively appreciated, will upload a picture of my first build when its complete, thanks all

 

[pjgtech]

Hi and welcome mate.
Enjoy the forum, lots of good peeps and helpful info on here.
Re: tools, etc a basic starter set will do for now, see our very own Scale Model Shop, see link near top of page.....
See linky - SMS Starter tools
You may already have most of the tools in the house, car, shed, garage, etc?
You basically want a set of nippers to remove parts from the sprue, a scalpel type knife, a couple of files, or sanding sticks, fine, medium and coarse, some tweezers are always handy, a cutting mat is good, some good quality adhesive is good, eg: Tamiya Extra thin or similar..... and away you go.
Maybe some magnifiers for small parts.... somewhere to model, eg: kitchen table, etc....
Cheers

 

[flyjoe180]

Welcome aboard Dee

 

[DeeJay]

Hi and welcome mate.
Enjoy the forum, lots of good peeps and helpful info on here.
Re: tools, etc a basic starter set will do for now, see our very own Scale Model Shop, see link near top of page.....
See linky - SMS Starter tools
You may already have most of the tools in the house, car, shed, garage, etc?
You basically want a set of nippers to remove parts from the sprue, a scalpel type knife, a couple of files, or sanding sticks, fine, medium and coarse, some tweezers are always handy, a cutting mat is good, some good quality adhesive is good, eg: Tamiya Extra thin or similar..... and away you go.
Maybe some magnifiers for small parts.... somewhere to model, eg: kitchen table, etc....
Cheers

Cheers mate, I got a little kit yesterday from Hobbycraft, it had snips, a file, a cutting mat and a knife in there, seems to do the trick, but I understand as i move forward with builds i will need to upgrade along the way, thanks again

 

[Valeron]

Welcome on board mate.

With tools i think you'll find you'll start with a few and if the hobby continues, your tools etc will just grow.

Peter offers good advice above and from my point of view when I came to this gibberish about 4 years ago. I started with a cutting mat, nippers, a few different sized brushes, some sanding sticks, a knife with multiple different blades.

Taniya extra thin glue biscuit my go too, pkus maybe some drcal softer.

But the most will grow as you build more. In fact it will grow alot.

Mike

 

[boatman]

WELCOME Dee from me to have fun on this great forum i have an been here yrs
chrisb

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Welcome to the forum Dee

 

[Jim R]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[DeeJay]

Welcome on board mate.

With tools i think you'll find you'll start with a few and if the hobby continues, your tools etc will just grow.

Peter offers good advice above and from my point of view when I came to this gibberish about 4 years ago. I started with a cutting mat, nippers, a few different sized brushes, some sanding sticks, a knife with multiple different blades.

Taniya extra thin glue biscuit my go too, pkus maybe some drcal softer.

But the most will grow as you build more. In fact it will grow alot.

Mike

I have a feeling the hobby will most definitely continue as I've not finished the first one and have already been looking for my next build

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

I have a feeling the hobby will most definitely continue as I've not finished the first one and have already been looking for my next build

(Wheeze babble chime) ...And so it begins...

Soon you'll have your own stash of kits you like but will 'definitely get around to building. Some day!' Mwahaha!