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    May 2006
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. 

Brian
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    March 2003
  • From: USA
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.
Steve Hendrickx
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    February 2005
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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    September 2005
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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    December 2005
  • From: Colorado Springs
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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  • From: The Hoosier State
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!

"Raptor at Edwards" 

Italeri 1/72 F-22A with Hasegawa pilot figure

Greg Williams Owner/ Manager Modern Hobbies LLC Indianapolis, IN. IPMS #44084
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  • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
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 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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    November 2005
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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  • From: Palm Bay, FL
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
"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons" General Douglas Macarthur
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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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1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
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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.

"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:17 PM
Toothpicks.

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 Eric 

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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.

SteveM 

Steve M.

On the workbench: ginormous Kharkov dio

 

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