trentjones

Howdy everyone, New to the site but can tell I'll spend hours reading and learning from you all. I just have a few questions that I hope y'all can answer for me. I am going to be starting this build soon I hope, but while I wait for the kit to come in the mail, I planned to gather the other materials and tools that would benefit greatly in helping me complete my first ever build. For starters, I have don't have any of the tools that I see many of you using or extra pieces of basswood, copper, dowels, etc. Could anyone give me a good starting location to what tools are considered an every day need and what extra materials I might need so when I begin this build I won't have to take countless trips to the store. We have a neat model shop in Hou. Tx but they really only cover plastic models so I might have to target things online to avoid wasting gas and time driving down there. There is a good art supply store that a buddy of mine told me has a good selection of basswood sheets and sticks, along with some tools, so I might have better luck there. I believe its called Texas Art Supply (not that it matters to much). I can tell this will be a hobby I stick with, so I don't mind getting things that can help later on down the road when I start to move on to more complex builds. Of course if there are kits or sets that will limit the time spent collecting different things- I'm all for that as well. Thanks in advance, and Sal, I can't wait to see how your Pilot ship continues to go; it looks wonderful, and I can only hope mine comes out as great as yours. I know this might not be the right place to post this, but I guess my main question is what is most needed for this build for someone jumping into this hobby. I have read most of Chuck's practicum on the Phantom, and realize he uses more than the kit supplied materials and as I'll be following his guide the most on my first build I would like to be able to have some of the same supplies to avoid mistakes. Thanks, Trent