After starting these post I realized that some of you may wonder what kind of tools to use during the correction. I have two pictures of the tools I used. In the first picture are the ones I consider to be essential and in the second pictures are the tools I consider helpfull but can be substituted using other methods. The most important one is the protactor. This gives you the angles of the sponson. I am just learning to read it myself so we will learn together. The rest of the tools you should be familier with. On the second picture I used the Flex-I-File to sand the gun turret openings. The small drills can be found at your local hobby shop and are really great to have. I used them to drill the visor openings. The larger household type drills I used for the gun opening itself. Make sure you get a good set as some do not have the smaller size drills. The Waldron Punch I bought about 30 years ago and I used it for the disc for the m.g. on the side of the sponson. The scriber is nice to have but not complety needed for the correction. What ever tools you purchase make sure they are good ones. The investment you make in quality tools will last a lifetime.
-- Edited by plastic fan on Sunday 15th of August 2010 06:01:47 AM
That is a Razor Saw by X-Acto. You use it to cut off the sponson ends. It can also be used with the Miter Box to make cuts in 90 and 45 degree angles in plastic strip and some molded parts if they fit the Miter Box. If you want a straight cut the Miter Box is ideal. In the case of the sponsons we will use a line drawn by the protractor to make the cut. All of the tools shown except for the small drills and the Waldron punch are fairly inexpensive and will last many, many years if properly cared for. The drills are about $29.95 USD and the punch is about $70.00 USD the last time I checked. If you are going to invest in the punch I would consider the Sub Miniture Set as it has smaller punches. Again the Punch is helpful BUT not needed to do the corrections.
