As you gain experience and devotion to the hobby you should be
creating your own workshop. Find a place where you can work for
several ours with out being bothered, try to avoid bedrooms because
they are too duty. Here are the most important and necessary tools
any serious modeler should have:
Airbrush
The airbrushes is a tool that is essentials in the modern
painting. With it you can have glossiest, finest and realistic
results; all of them need an air source so important as airbrush
it self. There are two kinds of airbrushes single and double action
airbrushes. The single action airbrush allows you to regulate
the amount of paint that flows out it. With a double action airbrush
you can regulate the amount of paint and the flow of air, making
it more capable of doing more details and effects that the single
action can't; it is more difficult to control.
Brushes
Although there is plenty of brushes in the market, the modeler
just needs 9 or 10, three or four of very good quality, and other
five that can be of nylon. You should have brushes of sizes 0,
1, 2, and 3 that are used to paint almost anything. The smaller
are used to detail things (sizes 0 and 1, 00 and 000 are also
used, but are harder to use and control), the others are used
to paint the rest. You could use bigger sizes to paint bigger
zones. We using the brushes keep in mind bigger brushes for bigger
areas, smaller brushes for smaller areas.
Clamps
Useful for keeping together or still, almost anything
Files
The types of files available is also huge, they all are very
useful. The most used are the flat, square, round and triangle
ones.
Glues
An essential thing to have. There are many types and you
might use different types for different uses. I recommend that
you use plastic cement, that is especially for plastic. You may
also use CA glues (cyanoacrylate glues).
Hobby Knifes
The gamut of hobby knifes available is huge; though in practice
you will use no more than four, somehow you may need to do an
specific work that will better the look of a model, so it will
justify to have that specific knife.
Minidrills
They are very handy for the hobby. You can give almost any
use you want.
Paints
The most used paint is the enamel and basically there are
two types: gloss and flat. You might found textured and metallic
paints too. The most used paint is the flat except in the decorations
of vehicles. Metallic colors are semi-transparent so you'll need
to apply an under color or a base color. Acrylics colors can also
be used. You are able to use almost any kind of paint, meanwhile
they are opaque enough.
Pliers
A set of pliers is profitable. Round shaped pliers are used
to curve wires and metallic plates, pliers with curved tips allow
you to act in places not much accessible, cut pliers have a very
long range of uses.
Putty
The putty is a good material to fill up holes and correct
any kind of defects that a model can have.
Sandpaper
Used to level irregular surfaces.
Spatulas
A small spatula will help you to apply putty.
Tweezers
Essential tool used to almost anything, to grab little things,
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