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Posted by SteveM on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:45 PM

Oh yeah... cigarettes. Or as I call 'em - Think Sticks.

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Posted by tigerman on Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:17 PM
Toothpicks.

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Posted by Jim Barton on Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:52 AM
Dust covers when I'm not modeling. I don't dust or vacuum as much as I should, plus living in Phoenix it can get dusty when the wind kicks up.

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Posted by Quagmyre on Friday, January 12, 2007 11:12 PM
My TV and DVD player. When turned up loud enough they do a good job of drowning out my wife's groans of, "Are you down there playing with your models again?!?"


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Posted by Rick Martin on Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:25 PM
Hands down, my Opti-Visor. My poor eyesight demands that I use one all the time. The only other thing I might need would be a small tape recorder (showing my age now). I sometimes have a senior moment and forget what I'm working on, LOL..Rick Martin
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:35 AM
reading thru forum it seems there are enough of us sixty plusses to have our own forum to discuss magnifying glasses and myopia
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:30 AM
at those scales I very rarely see the box. My best tool #3 scalpel handle with#15 blade. Magic
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Posted by Tankmaster7 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:00 PM

I agree, knowledge is definitely the most indispensible.

You can pray to God to help you fix that seam all you want, but it won't do a darn thing if you don;t know how to fill and sand... Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by plasticmod992 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:25 PM

For me, I would say that my collective knowlege takes the prize.  Adaptability, engenuity, basic techniques that make it all happen.  Like my pops said to me once, "Boy what's a hobby knife good for if you don't know how to use it?"  "Let me show how it's done."  From there, like most of us, our knowledge base grew so as to make good use of all the physical tools at our finger tips.  Something to think about as you sit at your bench reaching for that favorite tool or tools.  Happy modeling!

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Posted by Count DeMoney on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:14 PM
I would vote for the xacto knife......but I am also from the old school of beat it to fit and paint it to matchSign - Oops [#oops]    Where did I put my hammer?
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Posted by kap64 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 6:03 PM
My plastic shoebox that holds all of my other tools on the bench in one spot.
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Posted by emalewitz on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:48 PM
My Optivisor. Without it, those 1/700 photoetch bits are just imaginary. Ed Malewitz IPMS 7955
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Posted by SteveHend on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:32 PM
The most valuable tool is by far and away for me, my magnifier and strong light. At 61 and wearing glasses, I need all the help I can get in that department.
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Posted by MortarMagnet on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 11:32 AM
 Triarius wrote:

 Yann Solo wrote:
My torch light ..... pretty usefull to find the small bits trown away by my second best tool ..... the tweezerpult.Big Smile [:D]

"Tweezerpult," I like that. Laugh [(-D]

Yeah, I couldn't estimate the number or hatch handles and lifting eyes that have been shot out of my tweezers.  I find tweezers to be a necessary hinderence. 

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Posted by Triarius on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 10:58 AM

 Yann Solo wrote:
My torch light ..... pretty usefull to find the small bits trown away by my second best tool ..... the tweezerpult.Big Smile [:D]

"Tweezerpult," I like that. Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by zipmeister on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 10:22 AM

I would have to say......My FineScaleModel Magazines!!! .............Right?Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Yann Solo on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 9:00 AM
My torch light ..... pretty usefull to find the small bits trown away by my second best tool ..... the tweezerpult.Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by LoneWolf1Seven on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 8:45 AM

Band Aids 

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Posted by the doog on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 12:14 AM
not even a question...my OPTIVISOR 8x magnifier, followed by my TV remote...and my eyes aren't even bad!...
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 8, 2007 11:53 PM
Its a toss up between sprue nippers, hobby knife and Tenax/CA.
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Posted by eizzle on Sunday, January 7, 2007 5:42 PM
My sprue nippers, so much better than using the hobby knife!

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Posted by MortarMagnet on Friday, January 5, 2007 11:14 AM

 overkillphil wrote:
I think I'd have to go with my exacto knife.  Although I actually use #22 blades more than #11.

#2 is nice too. 

Brian
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Posted by overkillphil on Friday, January 5, 2007 11:11 AM
I think I'd have to go with my exacto knife.  Although I actually use #22 blades more than #11.
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Posted by Kolschey on Friday, January 5, 2007 10:14 AM
I would have to say that my Dremel Stylus is absolutely indispensable to my modelmaking and sculpting.

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Posted by Ranger2Seven on Thursday, January 4, 2007 10:19 PM

This sounds familiar.  But my most useful tool is my magnifier opti-viser.  I am getting old. 

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Posted by MontanaCowboy on Thursday, January 4, 2007 7:13 PM

It's Montana.

 

 

 

 

Just Kidding 

 

 

 

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Posted by archangel571 on Thursday, January 4, 2007 6:10 PM
 MontanaCowboy wrote:

And drinks

uhoh... underage drinking!!!

 

for me it's my xacto knife.  use it to trim seam lines are re-sculpt in details without breaking out the sculping tool.  i actually brought some figure pieces to work with a knife to pass some time...  during lunch!!

 

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Posted by MontanaCowboy on Monday, January 1, 2007 11:57 PM

Badger 100

 

Close second, Tenax 7.R.

 

 

Paper Towels for spills Make a Toast [#toast]

 

 

 

 

 

And drinks

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Posted by Triarius on Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:54 PM
My Optivisor, hands down.

Ross Martinek A little strangeness, now and then, is a good thing… Wink

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