by dhenning » Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:16 pm
Pat,
Yes, I have ordered from MicroMark several times. They have several tools that are hard to find other places. I use a metal tray that I bought at the dollar store as a work platform and hold various squares, blocks, and other items with magnets when gluing up various box shapes or other things that I am trying to square up. You can get some good square magnets at home centers or Harbor Freight.
Here is a handy item that I found at UMM at the IPMS Nationals in Omaha last year:
http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_ ... ts_id=5579
If you have a Hobbytown USA near you, they usually have a rack of Evergreen styrene. Sheets, tubes, strips, rods, shapes. You'll end up needing several different ones when kitbashing. Several online hobby shops have them as well and you can find them on Ebay also. Hobbylobby stores even have a limited stock of Evergreen strips and brass tubes/wires. Hobbytown USA will have a better selection of those. You'll want the fine brass wire and tubes for masts, davitts, and various pipes.
A good, cheap source of styrene sheets is For Sale signs or similar at your local WalMart or home center. The ones that I have found are 0.015" thick and are cheap. I usually cut the pieces that I need to size and then run the cut pieces over a rough sanding stick in order to remove or score up the paint on the face of the sign in order to make a better gluing surface.
Somewhere I found a small drafting type set for school use. It has a 3" 30/60/90 triangle, a 3" 45 triangle, and a smaller protractor. I use these for layout work, but not in the gluing jig since they are plastic.
I am always on the hunt for tools to make these tasks easier!
Good luck and good hunting!
Dave Henning
Redfield, Ark.
Pat,
Yes, I have ordered from MicroMark several times. They have several tools that are hard to find other places. I use a metal tray that I bought at the dollar store as a work platform and hold various squares, blocks, and other items with magnets when gluing up various box shapes or other things that I am trying to square up. You can get some good square magnets at home centers or Harbor Freight.
Here is a handy item that I found at UMM at the IPMS Nationals in Omaha last year:
http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_100&products_id=5579
If you have a Hobbytown USA near you, they usually have a rack of Evergreen styrene. Sheets, tubes, strips, rods, shapes. You'll end up needing several different ones when kitbashing. Several online hobby shops have them as well and you can find them on Ebay also. Hobbylobby stores even have a limited stock of Evergreen strips and brass tubes/wires. Hobbytown USA will have a better selection of those. You'll want the fine brass wire and tubes for masts, davitts, and various pipes.
A good, cheap source of styrene sheets is For Sale signs or similar at your local WalMart or home center. The ones that I have found are 0.015" thick and are cheap. I usually cut the pieces that I need to size and then run the cut pieces over a rough sanding stick in order to remove or score up the paint on the face of the sign in order to make a better gluing surface.
Somewhere I found a small drafting type set for school use. It has a 3" 30/60/90 triangle, a 3" 45 triangle, and a smaller protractor. I use these for layout work, but not in the gluing jig since they are plastic.
I am always on the hunt for tools to make these tasks easier!
Good luck and good hunting!
Dave Henning
Redfield, Ark.