The tools/equipment of the ship modeler.
The tools/equipment of the ship modeler.
Music is also a must.
I have 2 of them, with Bluetooth.
I have 2 of them, with Bluetooth.
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The tools/equipment of the ship modeler.
That's right, it should definitely not be missing.
Mine is with LED lighting.
I will also post my other devices.
Mine is with LED lighting.
I will also post my other devices.
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The tools/equipment of the ship modeler.
Hi Doug, no, that's not true.
The exams didn't end 50 years ago for you.
You still submit to the question of the day and Pat's question.
And I must say you do it with great diligence and commendable participation.
You're really active and talented there.
The exams didn't end 50 years ago for you.
You still submit to the question of the day and Pat's question.
And I must say you do it with great diligence and commendable participation.
You're really active and talented there.
The tools/equipment of the ship modeler.
Hi Cashrc, your answer is very interesting.
I agree with many of your points.
Regarding materials, I purposely separated tools and materials.
I wanted to know which tools you modelers find most useful.
Out of necessity (or at the beginning of this hobby), you can be minimalistic when it comes to tools, but you need to have all the materials.
Thank you so much for your opinion and for sharing your personal experience.
Your comment was very descriptive and detailed, useful to many of us less experienced.
Your experience is certainly very significant and important to me, given that it comes from a super-prolific and still active naval modeler.
P.S. Many tools are easy to identify, but some are less so. For the more unusual ones, please post a photo.
I agree with many of your points.
Regarding materials, I purposely separated tools and materials.
I wanted to know which tools you modelers find most useful.
Out of necessity (or at the beginning of this hobby), you can be minimalistic when it comes to tools, but you need to have all the materials.
Thank you so much for your opinion and for sharing your personal experience.
Your comment was very descriptive and detailed, useful to many of us less experienced.
Your experience is certainly very significant and important to me, given that it comes from a super-prolific and still active naval modeler.
P.S. Many tools are easy to identify, but some are less so. For the more unusual ones, please post a photo.
The tools/equipment of the ship modeler.
My best purchase is a YIHUA 939D+ III EVO Digital Soldering Iron Station Kit 110W High Power kit. 80 buck on Amazon. The iron it replaced is an old race station that did maybe 75 watts, it was great for small brass details and electrical wiring, but mediocre when dealing with silver solder and heavier brass, such as soldering a lube tube to a stuffing box, it was a little out of its league. The Yihua gets up to 800 degrees supposedly, all I can tell you is that it does silver solder just fine.
What you didn’t ask Alessandro, was what supplies a ship modeler needs:
Ca glue, epoxy, Stabilit Express, good old model cement both plastic and wood. Masking tape, sandpaper, paint, thinner, plasticard, sheet balsa and ply, canopy glue for glazing windows, solder, wire from 32 gauge to 14, tie straps, Velcro, steel wool, xacto blades, brass wire and tube, fiberglass tube, styrene tube, rod and strips. Rigging line for model yachts, thread and very fine wire for rigging and small railing. Now, do I NEED all that? Depends on the boat. If I was building, say, a Robbe (RoMarin) Dolly, perfectly stock, no fire boat mods. Just a 2 channel launch, I could get by with a lot less. But, all the stuff I’ve accumulated over 20 years of aero modelling and 9 years of boat building…I’m telling ya it makes life much easier.
Cash
What you didn’t ask Alessandro, was what supplies a ship modeler needs:
Ca glue, epoxy, Stabilit Express, good old model cement both plastic and wood. Masking tape, sandpaper, paint, thinner, plasticard, sheet balsa and ply, canopy glue for glazing windows, solder, wire from 32 gauge to 14, tie straps, Velcro, steel wool, xacto blades, brass wire and tube, fiberglass tube, styrene tube, rod and strips. Rigging line for model yachts, thread and very fine wire for rigging and small railing. Now, do I NEED all that? Depends on the boat. If I was building, say, a Robbe (RoMarin) Dolly, perfectly stock, no fire boat mods. Just a 2 channel launch, I could get by with a lot less. But, all the stuff I’ve accumulated over 20 years of aero modelling and 9 years of boat building…I’m telling ya it makes life much easier.
Cash
The tools/equipment of the ship modeler.
The place where you work is very important, but so are the tools.
Their quality and variety are crucial to our work.
What are the tools of a ship modeler?
Which are the essential ones, and which are necessary but not essential?
What tools do you consider useful?
Which are the most expensive?
Can you make a personal ranking of them?
Let's consider the materials (wooden strips, wood panels, glues, paints, tubes, brass sheets, etc., etc.) that are present and not included among the tools.
The materials are not part of the game.
Let's say we have everything.
For simplicity's sake, I'll start by referring to a complete kit.
There's a big difference between a static ship kit and a dynamic RC one; initially, let's consider only a static model.
1. If you had to choose just three essential tools for building a ship, which ones would you ask for?
The wizard can only grant three wishes.
Do you think it would be possible to build a model ship with only three tools?
I ask you ship modelers:
2. If you had to choose only five tools for building a model ship, which would you ask for?
3. Finally, if you had to choose seven tools for building a model ship, which would you ask for?
Could you list the tools for building a model ship in order of importance and usefulness (from the most essential to the less essential but still useful)?
What are your most expensive tools?
Which tool is your favorite or was the best purchase?
Their quality and variety are crucial to our work.
What are the tools of a ship modeler?
Which are the essential ones, and which are necessary but not essential?
What tools do you consider useful?
Which are the most expensive?
Can you make a personal ranking of them?
Let's consider the materials (wooden strips, wood panels, glues, paints, tubes, brass sheets, etc., etc.) that are present and not included among the tools.
The materials are not part of the game.
Let's say we have everything.
For simplicity's sake, I'll start by referring to a complete kit.
There's a big difference between a static ship kit and a dynamic RC one; initially, let's consider only a static model.
1. If you had to choose just three essential tools for building a ship, which ones would you ask for?
The wizard can only grant three wishes.
Do you think it would be possible to build a model ship with only three tools?
I ask you ship modelers:
2. If you had to choose only five tools for building a model ship, which would you ask for?
3. Finally, if you had to choose seven tools for building a model ship, which would you ask for?
Could you list the tools for building a model ship in order of importance and usefulness (from the most essential to the less essential but still useful)?
What are your most expensive tools?
Which tool is your favorite or was the best purchase?
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