Continue from my last post, apart from the basic stuff, I do have a few more extra tools. Below is a list of them.
1. Line Engraver (Price: More than RM 50)
The line engraver that I have is from Hasegawa, which I bought online. It is now selling for about RM42++ without shipment. It has a sharp needle end. I use it to scribe panel line on surfaces.
2. Scribing Knife (Price: About RM15)
This is a knife that used to either scribe some new panel lines or to make the panel lines more deeper. I find it very hard to use if I'm going to scribe lines that are connected in different angles because I'll either get the connecting too big or damage the surface. Still, it is very handy and could produce some cool results if you know how to handle it. The one that I have is the Tamiya plastic scriber, which is the same as the one from Olfa.
3. Modelling Needle (Price: About RM 30)
I saw the usage of this needle in some modelling hobby show, that it is used to either make guideline for scribing a panel line, or to poke some hole on surface. I bought mine from the Internet, which is made from Kotobukiya. The line engraver that I mentioned earlier on can be used for the same purpose, but this one is much bigger.
4. Sponge File (Price: RM 16.xx)
This is a very useful tool. It is basically a sand paper but in the form of a sponge. This thing is not cheap and it comes in a piece of a sponge that's quite small as well. There are different grids to sponge file as well, and the numbering is the same as the numbering of the sand paper - the bigger the number the finer it is. What this sponge and to is that you can use it to sand down the round surface without flattening it.
5. Waterproof Sand Paper (Price: starting at RM 2.xx)
The waterproof sand paper like its name implied, can be used to sand surfaces with water. The usage of waterproof sand paper is to make the sanding surface to be free from dust, making it a clean surface. I use it to sand the painted surface to correct a painting mistake, but I've seen video of modeller using it to sand a surface before painting, should a surface primer is not used.
6. Sanding stick or sanding block (Price: NA, made myself from pla-plate)
I saw some videos that there are modellers using a block with sand paper on it to sand surfaces. There are tools like that available on most of the online hobby shop, but I decided to make one my self by using the pla-plate (plastic plate) that I bought during my trip to Japan in 2007, and then cut and stick the sand paper onto it by using a double sided tape. I must say that it helps by making the sanding process much easier to do.
7. File (Price: above RM20)
Yes, there's a tool called file, which comes in different shape and sizes like flat, round, or pointy end. The usage of file is like a sand paper, which is to sand a surface. The different is that file is made from hard metal material, and normally it is very rough. It is used when there's a large area of surface needs to be sand off tremendously. The one that I have is a 3 pieces basic file set from Tamiya, which is very basic. The more advance version of files for heavy modelers do cost a lot, i.e. one single flat file from Tamiya is about RM 20, and the bigger the size, the more costly it will be.
