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The right tools for kitbashing with plastic
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<p>Thanks everybody! To answer some of your questions:</p> <p><b>What am I kitbashing?</b></p> <p>I have several buildings that need to be kitbashed or scratchbuilt to fit their prototypes, so structures is certainly a major part of it.</p> <p>Locomotives and rolling stock are also on the table, once I feel confident enough in my skills to start cutting things up. Eventually I want to chop the nose of a GP9, and scratchbuilding rolling stock really fascinates me as well.</p> <p><b>What do I already have?</b> (so you know I'm not ignoring your suggestion)</p> <ul> <li>Clothes pins</li> <li>Needlenose pliers</li> <li>Sandpaper</li> <li>Small file</li> <li>Utility knife</li> <li>Computer and printer</li> </ul> <p>Here's my shopping list so far:</p> <ul> <li>Sharp Xacto blades</li> <li>Razor saw</li> <li>Pin vise and bits</li> <li>Scale rule</li> <li>Cutting board</li> </ul> <p>And one more question:</p> <p>Do I need a miter box for my razor saw? What exactly does this do for me?</p> <p>Thanks again, everybody!</p>
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