New to the hobby

[bryandjen107]

Hello all,

Although I have had trains for all of my 36 years I am just now getting serious about it. I guess it is because my 4.5 year old little girl loves trains and the local train shop. We have a lot of fun together. In fact she did a good amount of work with our under Xmas-tree village.

I planed on starting some modeling after the holidays and I had a question. I have a nice collection of tools, but nothing geared to modeling. Is there a standard list I can reference or suggestions that might help me?

Thanks everyone.

Bryan

 

[60103]

Hi and welcome to the hobby.
Tools are discussed here:
http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115134&highlight=Tool+lists
and probably other places.

What you need depends on what you are doing. Small screwdriver set, Xacto knife set (not the woodcarving blades), needle-nose pliers, files.
Paint brushes, little glue applicators, tweezers -- the kind that hold closed.
Then small drill set + pin vise, soldering iron, small size taps (2-56, 00-90) for mounting trucks or couplers.
A motor tool. And now we're getting advanced.
For fun stuff, look up Micro Mart and NorthWest Shortlines.
I trust these are for you and not your little girl.

 

[bryandjen107]

Thank you very much and as much as my little girl would liek to get her hands on the tools, they are for me. Thanks Again!

 

[60103]

And a self-healing cutting mat, something to hold what you're working on, and a tube of superglue remover.