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You nailed it right out of the gate. My "drug" of choice is toothpicks!!!!
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Well.... I grabbed a few furniture pieces from my work place they were going to toss out. Desk, pull out keyboard drawer tray, hutch (2 - one in my hobby area, the other going in the garage), chair. More are being ready to be tossed so another table, chair, possibly a third hutch, maybe a shelving unit and a small rolling cabinet.
I look at it this way: Go big or go home. ROFL!!!
I get occasional fruit assortments for my Birthday and sometimes Father's day, from my son and daughter-in-law. These are sort of like flower assortments, but with fresh fruit, cleaned and ready to eat. The pieces of fruit are stuck on plastic sticks and the other end into a block of styrofoam. Each assortment contains like about two to three dozen of these sticks, about 10 inches long with one end like 1/8 inch diameter, the other about 3/16. They make great stirring sticks for mixing paint. Haven't bought coffee stirring sticks since they began sending me those things.
I also occasionally save Pringles cans for various modeling uses, including storing those stirring sticks.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Those plastic faux credit cards that come in the mail. They are basically just small squares of styrene. Clear ones can be used as windows.
shamoo I save the caps from plastic water bottles to mix and thin paint for brushing.
I save the caps from plastic water bottles to mix and thin paint for brushing.
D
Dwayne or Dman or just D. All comments are welcome on my builds.
Good ideas guys!
I use the plastic squeeze bottles for contact lens solution for airbrush thinners etc. Add the paint to the colour cup, just a squirt from the bottle, and then mix.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
The coasters from resturants, I put my beverage on them so I don't get a wet spot on the bench when I'm working. Cuz you know any sheet of decals are by the laws of the universe are attracted to those spots!
John
On the Bench: 1/72 Ki-67, 1/48 T-38
1/144 AC-130, 1/72 AV-8A Harrier
Popsickle sticks. They are great source of good quality wood. Make great tool handles when making your own tools. Cut them up lengthwise and you get paint stirrers. Or you can sharpen those cut up pieces with a pencil sharpener and use those as holders to paint small details.
Then wire - there's thin wire, and thick wire and almost all of them are too good to throw away.
Good luck with your builds and have a nice day
Paweł
All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!
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I save the caps from plastic water bottles to mix and thin paint for brushing. I was keeping the foam trays from fresh meat for WIPs, but I have plenty now. Flat wood coffee stir sticks for stirring paint, spreading filler, etc. Guitar strings and bits of wire for various detail work. Probably more but that's what occurs to me right now
I been re-using pill bottles for storage of finished parts waiting to be attached, loose leftover parts so they won't get away.
So what do you hoard/procure which assists you in the hobby ? I can't resist big paper napkins at restaurants. I grab as many as I can and cut them up into squares for the workbench. You would also find my pockets full of toothpicks. I also like the big plastic containers that Subway put their party platters into. The clear sealable top makes it a great little spray booth. So what do you grab at any opportunity? And what do you use it for ?
"Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional"
" A hobby should pass the time - not fill it" -Norman Bates
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