Modeling Tools Purchased at Wal-Mart

I, too had picked up Frog tape for delicate surfaces last year. You wouldn't believe how much tape I went thru using Tamiya brand. Since making the switch, I don't have to worry about when I'm gonna run out. Now I don't have to worry anymore.

May I respectfully inject comments from my experience:  Frog tape is for masking wall painting, with wall paint, not models, and only works with water based paints.  Be careful and test before using it.

Pledge Future is for floors, not models.  Again, test first and be careful.  I have had disasters with this stuff.

You can get CA cement in several various degrees of thickness, from Hobby Town stores under their own brand name.  Not expensive, and works well.

A tip from the ladies regarding super glue that will actually last a while before setting up into a hard lump in the tube.

Don't buy the "man's superglue" over in hardware, and don't buy the "hobbyist's super glue" in the hobby store.

Buy the ladies fingernail super glue and super glue debonder in the nail care aisle of Wal-Mart, Target, Sally Beauty,  etc.

Those caps have a better design for using the glue and having it keep longer after it has been opened.

Rex

Hmmm... interesting observation Tarnship.

I only found out because I was complaining about some SG hardening up one day.

SWMBO, a member of an even harsher "buying population" than modelers, told me about it.  

Rex

I also use Loctite CA glue, both the thin and gel, and get it either at WM or Menards, depending one what else I need. I use Krylon primer, and Walmart has the best price locally on that.  I have bought storage items intended for kitchen storage at Walmart.  Good prices on double sided sticky tape, which I use a lot for holding parts when spray painting.

Tarn, you can also store superglue in the fridge. Seems the cold keeps it from hardening up.

Don't worry about using future. It is widely used and give excellent results. Have used it for years, not a problem.

I purchase quite a bit of supplies from walmart. I have a limited budget to spend and any coin i can save on basic supplies is put toward buying models.

here is a list of what i have been able to buy at walmart

x-acto blades

pastel chalk for weathering powder

oil paint for washes

paint thinner

low odour thinner

wood blanks for diorama bases.most are under $3

paint pallet. $1

cheap brushes for weathering pack of 8 for under $5

super glue

gesso paint. around $10

a slew of craft paint all under $1 great for diorama work

clamps .they have cheap clamps in the tool department

krylon paint under $4

foam board

silk plants and flowers again used in dioramas

dried plants.not a big selection

cheap picture frames $3 i use them to make display cases

black ink for pin wash real cheap think i paid $3 for a bottle

paint pens

Thanks everyone for the input and feedback.  I've been looking at a lot of different items that I can pick up at Wally-World and the list appears to be limitless.

@BubbaJoe, I was also looked at the pastel chalk as a weathering tool, I may have to pick some up.

@Don, do you get the Krylon primer that is for plastics or just the normal Krylon Primers?

jelliott523

@Don, do you get the Krylon primer that is for plastics or just the normal Krylon Primers?

I use the regular primer. It is a bit toothier than the plastic primer.  Good for adhesion and does not seem to hurt anything. I can use it on the photo-etch and resin too.

look for the big package of sidewalk chalk too...there is a pack of camo colors and one with blue green black and white...i grind them up in an old coffee grinder then store the powder in empty herb jars i hoard

Nobody mentioned the ladies' nail sanding and polishing sticks that can be cut to custom sized sanding tools and are very cheap. Nail clippers that are .99 and are great for trimming and removing sprue parts.

The sewing section has a couple of different sized "invisible" thread which is great for antenna aerials. The craft section may offer something that may be just what is needed in a project too.

I picked up a set of the foam sanding sticks a while ago for about 4 bucks for an assorted pack of 4.  The fine ones were good for about 1 model, the coarse stick is still going strong.  The fine ones looked like the "grit" was printed and the sticks themselves became glossy fairly quickly.  Only tried that one brand though.

I've been using their cuticle cutters on sprues forever.  They work like a champ!

If you're in a flyfishing part of the world, they may carry forceps, vision enhancing gizmos and fine scissors in the fishing section.

CN Spots

I picked up a set of the foam sanding sticks a while ago for about 4 bucks for an assorted pack of 4.  The fine ones were good for about 1 model, the coarse stick is still going strong.  The fine ones looked like the "grit" was printed and the sticks themselves became glossy fairly quickly.  Only tried that one brand though.

I have several colored sticks in different grits, Blue, white pink and the thicker four sided multi colored ones. The only one that is beginning to break up is the coarse one but they have lasted after tons of use. The rest of the sticks are fine.

Don Stauffer

I also use Loctite CA glue, both the thin and gel, and get it either at WM or Menards, depending one what else I need. I use Krylon primer, and Walmart has the best price locally on that.  I have bought storage items intended for kitchen storage at Walmart.  Good prices on double sided sticky tape, which I use a lot for holding parts when spray painting.

Don do u rattle can your prime jobs or decant & airbrush?