Me and My Tool Box

My Tool Box

<Coming Soon>

Basics
Basic Mr. Nipper
Files
Thin Cement
Snippy scissors
Pliers (for prying parts apart)
Alligator clips on skewers

Paints
Super fine paint brushes
Basic acrylics
Tamiya acrylics
Tamiya thinner
Mr. Clear Color
(I'll get Mr. Thinner eventually)
Cornstarch (for thickening paint)
Paper plates
Little glass jars

For Lighting
Soldering Iron
Solder
Black/Red Wire
Wire Stripper
Electrical Tape
LEDs
Any of the Microtivity ones work well, really

I grew up with a dad and brother who loved building kits, I never liked waiting for the glue to dry so I was never that into car and plane models. Then along comes Zoids and then Gundam which snap together and well, totally in love. I mainly built in late middle school through high school and it was straight builds with sharpie panel lining if that. Then I went away for college and had to tetris my life into a car for moving several times so I only kept the ones I adored (1/144 Shadow and my hideous first attempt at a custom). I didn't have much free time or space so I have a gap of about 10 years. Then I made friends with some people who are also into Gundam and watched Build Fighters and realized I have shelf space and time. So here we are. I also cosplay and keep a blog about that too. A lot of skills overlap between the two hobbies actually.

I like metallics, doing fine detail work like hand painting and picking a theme and doing it to 110%.

<3 Vette