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Tools of the trade
What are some of the tools needed to make scratch building easier, I have the Estes tube marking tool but what are some of the other tools and tricks?
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A razor saw (Xacto or equivalent)
A square (like a ruler that goes around a corner :-) Another lighter duty steel ruler. Lots of rubber bands and/or cheap plastic clamps. |
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Thanks, those are the same tools I use for the RC planes, the tube marking tool works great and is easy to use.
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There's a lot of R/C stuff that comes in handy building rockets. I did without a lot of those things until I first started doing R/C. BTW, there's another handy little item that I haven't noticed (I only skimmed the above lists). I recently got a hobby vice and wish I had bought one years ago. I only have one problem with it....my son always has something clamped in it. Hey, where'd my pic go? I'll try linking from Hobbico instead of Tower. Last edited by tbzep : 12-17-2007 at 03:05 PM. |
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Use an aluminum angle for a straighter edge. That ESTES marker is not worth it...or use a straight door jam. I took a look at one of the lines I marked on a tube and it looked like it curved? Sure enough after drawing several lines and thinking I was seeing things I checked the tube marking tool and it was bent/curved whatever...go to Home Depot and invest in a few angles...you might pay a little more, but you can get a variety of sizes...use two way tape and mount them to a solid piece of wood and use them as guides to cut the length of BT's for through the wall fin slots. |
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1. A 12" steel ruler for making straight cuts with your X-Acto knife... 2. More than one X-Acto #1 knife with a fresh blade... 3. A spare pack (or two) of fresh #11 blades for your X-Acto knife... 4. 3 oz paper bathroom cups... 5. Assorted artists brushes... 6. A "T-Bar" or other aluminum sanding block... 7. An assortment of sanding papers, with a larger portion of 220-grit... 8. A can of 3M-77 spray contact adhesive... 9. A Zona saw, or a #3 X-Acto handle with fine-tooth cutting blade... 10. A set of disposable kitchen cutting mats... 11. Various mechanical pencils and fine-tip pens... 12. A pair of tri-edge rules, one Archetectural, one Engineering... 13. Numerous holding stands; wooden base with a dowel and an expended motor casing on one end, or some empty CD/DVD spindles... 14. A pack of sanding twigs -- foam strips 3/32" and 1/8" wide, 6" long, with sandpaper glued to two sides... 15. Various widths of masking tape... 16. A computer with a good graphics program (Corel Draw, Photoshop, The GIMP) to create patterns with... 17. Stack of #110 cardstock, to create templates and patterns made with your computer... 18. A decent color printer... 19. T-Pins... 20. Wax paper... 21. Various viscoscities of CA glue... 22. Small bottles of yellow glue... 23. A large bottle of yellow glue to refill the small bottles from... 24. A notebook to sketch ideas in... 25. A scrap bin, to catch bits and pieces of discarded balsa and tubing in... 26. An office "cubbyhole" shelf unit for holding your cardstock, decal sheets, etc... 27. Tack rags... 28. A good air compressor, 5-6 HP, oilless, with a good regulator... 29. Several inexpensive airbrushes for colors, and at least one or two larger detail guns for spraying primer and base whites. Don't use any gun with multiple types of paint; only use one type of paint with any one gun or airbrush to avoid gumming internally. 30. Two or three dozen fresh 1 oz jars to fit the airbrushes, and several jar adapters... 31. Paint thinners by the gallon. It's much cheaper... 32. Wooden clothespin clamps, with the wood pieces turned upside down... 33. Rubber band clamps... 34. Small one-hand "pressure/tension" bar clamps... (Perfect for us, No?) 35. Patience...
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33 An understanding wife. |
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Rearranging Priorities
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From somebody who knows,
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How about the camera for those build shots you are gonna post later. And do not for get the kitchen sink |
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..................and a tourniquet at the ready....................
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