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[mookie]

IM NEW TO THIS FORUM, BUT NOT TO MODEL CARS

IM A NOOB, ILL I HAVE TO WORK WITH IS AN EXACTO KNIFE AND SUPER GLUE

I WILL TRY TO UPLOAD PICTURES OF MY PROJECTS LATER

[lonewolf01]

welcome home this is a great place to restart your hobby lots of friendly people and info.

looking forward to seeing some of your builds

[george 53]

Mookie, when I was growin up as a kid, Mook ment the BEST!! I hope you are worthy of that name Bro, caz we got a few really Mooky Dook builders aound here.(I'm NOT one a them)These guys can blow yer socks off even with their "reject" model builds! Sounds like yer off to a good start with them basic modeling tools, just stick around, caz these guys'll show ya how to build some KILLER stuff, EVEN with PAPER MACHETTE!!!( I'm talkin 'bout YOU, Capt'n!!!)

[BigGary]

Sounds like you're off to a good start! few of us started out with fully equipped tool & parts boxes. I still acquire tools and parts on an “as needed & budget allows†basis. Now that I live 50 miles from the nearest Hobby Lobby & Michael's, its even worse.

It is also important to have an open mind about what you may be able to use and where you get it. The crafts dept. at your local big box may have useful stuff. For example, those sanding files that are $2-3 at hobby shops are $1.79 at the big box or other store in the cosmetics dept. Other small tools that bring big dollars from hobby supply stores may be lurking around Harbor Freight or Northern Tool for a lot less, especially airbrushes and small cutting tools. I bought 2 airbrushes for $8 each and a 25 piece Exacto-like set for $3.

Keep your eyes and mind open. Some on the forum have found kits at yard sales, thrift stores, and swap meets. I got a glue bomb Revell '55 Chevy with all the extras for $1 at a thrift store. It had a lot of good parts in it.

Gary

[FloridaBoy]

mookie,

Welcome to the forum, I am sure you will find it a nice place to talk, share, learn and just hang out online sometimes.

This is one place even an old codger like me learns something new everyday. When we learn from others, we tend to want to share more with others. So in the threads that follow on this topic, we will if I know these guys reach out and try to help out and try to inspire you and encourage you to improve your resources and building expertise, as this forum has done for me.

First with regard for tools. You mentioned you had an Xacto knife and super glue, which means you have access to a place that carries supplies. Hopefully, I would like to see you get started in your own place. If you have a mother, or wife or girlfriend, encourage her to give up her fingernail filing sticks, those big wide styrofoam backed and take some old toothbrushes to clean them free of sanding particles. Second, I am sure you can get sandpaper and of all types from regular to extra fine, and even some 600 grit to 1200 grit wet/dry type.

Nest along the way, I am assuming there is no hobby shop, but hopefuly at a Home Depot or Lowe's, each have a large household spray paint selection from primer to suede finish for interiors and gloss paints, either in RustOleum or other brands.

For about $15 more added to the cost of a kit, you can produce a very nice clean professionally looking model, and as you see what can be done here and in your own personal improvement, you will obtain more and more supplies, materials, tools and techniques little by little. Just trying to help without pushing too much on you.

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman

[mookie]

Thanks for all the comments, and for the tips

[Guest arni]

Welcome Mookie.

As Ken said,if you can get a few basic tools and bits in they will repay for themselves many times over.