What tools/supplies are best for WWII aircraft??

Well, don't do like I do!

What I mean by that is stick to one era, one nation, that way you won't have to buy 30 different bottles of paint to accurately represent the models you do build. I have US, UK, German and Japanese aircraft, so I've ended up with 4 greens, 4 (or more) greys, etc.

Get a selection of relatively inexpensive brushes, ie don't buy the best and don't buy the cheapest. The cheap ones are crap, and you'll likely wreck the good ones until you get experienced with brush work. Head to the makeup counter at the local drug store for finger nail emery boards for sanding and pick up a couple of the smaller size blue painter's masking tape at the hardware store. Testor's or Tamiya liquid cement is better than tube glue, and also pickup some Zap-a-gap CA glue for fast bonds and gap-filling. Careful of that though, you can glue your hand to the model real easy! Better pickup some Curex nail polish remover, just in case. The Acetone base breaks down CA glue very quickly. Skin, by the way, is really difficult to sand off the side of your model.

Oh, and bookmarks these two links http://www.craigcentral.com/models/ and http://swannysmodels.com/ between those two sites you can have most questions answered. And come back here often, the other posters have forgotten more about modeling than I know. Most of what I posted here I learned in these hallowed halls.

Thanks a lot for the advice and the websites! I really want to make sure I'll have everything I need to do the WWII planes right.

Some basic tools you will need:

X-Acto Knife and Blades
Sprue Nippers
Paint
Thinner
Paint Brushes
Decal Solutions(MicroSet and MicroSol)
Plastic Cement (Liquid and Tube)
White Glue (Testors, Elmers, Etc.)
Putty
Sandpaper (Assorted Grits)
Tweezers

There are a lot of other tools and supplies out there. The list I gave are just the basics and neccessities. They are needed for all types of modeling.

Thanks a lot for the tips! I already have most of what's listed as I used to model NASCAR a few years ago and hung onto a lot of the stuff I had. I've just decided to try WWII aircraft and didn't know if there were any other useful tools/supplies for those. Thanks again, guys!